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)		講	話
simp. (讲话)		讲	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong² waa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kóng-fa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káng-ōe / kóng-ōe / kóng-ōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnghuà
    • Wade–Giles: chiang³-hua⁴
    • Yale: jyǎng-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanghuah
    • Palladius: цзянхуа (czjanxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong² waa⁶
    • Yale: góng wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong² waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong² wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ waː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong` fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong³ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ³¹ fa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káng-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: káng-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafng'oe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: kóng-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Philippines): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, Medan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: kóng-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ua²²/
    • IPA (Penang): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ua²¹/

Verb

講話

1. to talk with; to converse

   雖然我的閱讀水平很好，但是跟中國人講話有點困難。 [MSC, trad.]
   虽然我的阅读水平很好，但是跟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 make a speech; to give an address or talk

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 講話

1. speech; address; talk
2. (in book titles) guide; introduction

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
講	話
こう Grade: 5	わ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

講(こう)話(わ) • (kōwa) 

1. discourse, lecture

Verb

講(こう)話(わ)する • (kōwa suru) suru (stem 講(こう)話(わ)し (kōwa shi), past 講(こう)話(わ)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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
講	話

Noun

講話 • (ganghwa) (hangeul 강화)

1. Hanja form^? of 강화 (“discourse, lecture”).