jiǎng

to speak; to explain; to negotiate

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 講

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 讲话jiǎnghuàa speechB5
  • 讲究jiǎngjiuto pay particular attention toB5
  • 讲述jiǎngshùto talk aboutB5
  • 讲座jiǎngzuòcourse of lecturesB5
  • 演讲yǎnjiǎngto give a lectureB5
  • 讲解jiǎngjiěto explainB6
  • 讲理jiǎnglǐto argueB7

See it in sentences

老师用汉语讲课文。

The teacher explains the text in Chinese.

有什么慢慢讲,别急。

Tell me slowly whatever it is, no rush.