講話

See also: 讲话

Chinese

to talk; speech; to speak
to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain
 
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (講話)
simp. (讲话)

Pronunciation


Verb

講⫽話 (verb-object)

  1. to talk; to speak
    不要臉女人講話 [MSC, trad.]
    不要脸女人讲话 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bù xiǎng hé zhè zhǒng bùyàoliǎn de nǚrén jiǎnghuà. [Pinyin]
    I don't wish to speak to such a shameless woman.
    雖然閱讀水平但是中國人講話有點困難 [MSC, trad.]
    虽然阅读水平但是中国人讲话有点困难 [MSC, simp.]
    Suīrán wǒ de yuèdú shuǐpíng hěn hǎo, dànshì gēn Zhōngguórén jiǎnghuà yǒudiǎn kùnnán. [Pinyin]
    Although my reading skills are very good, I have some difficulty conversing with Chinese people.
  2. to make a speech; to give an address or talk

Synonyms

  • (to speak):

Noun

講話

  1. speech; address; talk (Classifier: m;  m;  m)
    重要講話重要讲话  ―  zuò zhòngyào jiǎnghuà  ―  to make an important speech
    剛才講話非常難過 [MSC, trad.]
    刚才讲话非常难过 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ gāngcái de jiǎnghuà ràng wǒ fēicháng de nánguò. [Pinyin]
    Your speech just now made me very sad.
  2. (in book titles) guide; introduction

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーわ [kòówá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːβ̞a̠]

Noun

(こう)() • (kōwa

  1. discourse, lecture

Verb

(こう)()する • (kōwa surusuru (stem (こう)() (kōwa shi), past (こう)()した (kōwa shita))

  1. give a lecture

Conjugation

Conjugation of "講話する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 講話し こうわし kōwa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 講話し こうわし kōwa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 講話する こうわする kōwa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 講話する こうわする kōwa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 講話すれ こうわすれ kōwa sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 講話せよ¹
講話しろ²
こうわせよ¹
こうわしろ²
kōwa seyo¹
kōwa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 講話される こうわされる kōwa sareru
Causative 講話させる
講話さす
こうわさせる
こうわさす
kōwa saseru
kōwa sasu
Potential 講話できる こうわできる kōwa dekiru
Volitional 講話しよう こうわしよう kōwa shiyō
Negative 講話しない こうわしない kōwa shinai
Negative continuative 講話せず こうわせず kōwa sezu
Formal 講話します こうわします kōwa shimasu
Perfective 講話した こうわした kōwa shita
Conjunctive 講話して こうわして kōwa shite
Hypothetical conditional 講話すれば こうわすれば kōwa sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

講話 • (ganghwa) (hangeul 강화)

  1. hanja form? of 강화 (discourse, lecture)