講

講 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿廿月 (YRTTB), four-corner 0565₇, composition ⿰訁冓)

• 𡄧

• 讲 (Simplified Chinese)

• KangXi: page 1175, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35824
• Dae Jaweon: page 1640, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4004, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8B1B

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kroːŋʔ) : semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

講

1. (chiefly dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu, Xiang) to say; to talk; to speak

   你講咩呀？／你讲咩呀？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ gong² me¹ aa³? [Jyutping]  ―  What are you saying?

   你唔早講！／你唔早讲！ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ m⁴ zou² gong²! [Jyutping]  ―  Why didn't you say so earlier!?

   何解不講噠？／何解不讲哒？ [Xiang]  ―  o² gai³ bu⁶ gan³ da? [Wiktionary]  ―  Why aren't you saying anything?

2. to tell; to inform

   我無共伊講。／我无共伊讲。 [Hokkien]  ―  Góa bô kā i kóng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I didn't tell him.

   我冇同佢講。／我冇同佢讲。 [Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ mou⁵ tung⁴ keoi⁵ gong². [Jyutping]  ―  I didn't tell him.

   我冇跟他講。／我冇跟他讲。 [Xiang]  ―  ngo³ mau⁵ gen¹ ta¹ gan³ [Wiktionary]  ―  I didn't tell him.

3. to speak (a language)

   講英語／讲英语  ―  jiǎng yīngyǔ  ―  to speak English

   他會講英語，而且講得好。 [MSC, trad.]
   他会讲英语，而且讲得好。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā huì jiǎng yīngyǔ, érqiě jiǎng de hǎo. [Pinyin]

   He can speak English, and what's more he speaks it very well.

   我唔識講廣東話。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   我唔识讲广东话。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ m⁴ sik¹ gong² gwong² dung¹ waa^6-2. [Jyutping]

   I don't speak Cantonese.

   儂好流利個講英文𠲎？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬好流利个讲英文𠲎？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   Can you speak English fluently?

   你長沙話曉得講啵？ [Xiang, trad.]
   你长沙话晓得讲啵？ [Xiang, simp.]

   nyi³ zhan² sa¹ fa⁵ xiau³ de gan³ bo? [Wiktionary]

   Can you speak Changsha Xiang?

4. to explain; to lecture
5. to discuss; to negotiate
6. to emphasise; to pay attention to; to take into account

   講衛生／讲卫生  ―  jiǎng wèishēng  ―  to pay attention to hygiene

   不講武德／不讲武德  ―  bù jiǎng wǔdé  ―  to not obey ethics of martial arts

7. speech; lecture
8. (Hokkien) Used after a verb to introduce a clause that is the object of the verb: that

   • 當初想講我咧作歌星　項無嘛弘看卡有目的 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     当初想讲我咧作歌星　项无嘛弘看卡有目的 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1999, 豬頭皮, 無名紅歌星

     tong-chho͘ siūⁿ kóng góa teh chò koa-chheⁿ, siōng-bô mā hông khòaⁿ khah ū ba̍k-tē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     At first I thought that I, becoming a singer, would at least be seen more highly

   • 我感覺講我無應該聽這个歹人講話 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我感觉讲我无应该听这个歹人讲话 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2010, 徐立妍 (Arlene Li-yen Hsu), 《刣死一隻鳥仔》閩南語譯文 (Taiwanese Translation of To Kill A Mockingbird), in 閩南語翻譯問題初探—以《刣死一隻鳥仔》為例 (A Preliminary Analysis of the Issues of Taiwanese Translations: A Case Study of the Taiwanese Translation of To Kill A Mockingbird), page 102

     Góa kám-kak kóng góa bô èng-kai thiaⁿ chit ê pháiⁿ-lâng kóng-ōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I had a feeling that I shouldn't be here listening to this sinful man

9. Classifier for lectures.
10. a surname

• “講”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03874
• “Entry #12403”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←こう (kou, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: はかる (hakaru); はなしあう (hanashiau)
• Nanori: つぐ (tsugu); のり (nori); みち (michi); みな (mina)

• (Tokyo) こ​ー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

講(こう) • (-kō) ^{←かう (kau)?}

1. reading or lecture
2. reading of sacred scriptures by Buddhist monks

   法華(ほっけ)八(はっ)講(こう)

   hokke hakkō

   reading of the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra

3. gathering of monks and laity for Buddhist rites

   涅槃(ねはん)講(こう)

   nehan kō

   rites on February 15, the death day of the Buddha

4. lay association of Buddhist or Shinto believers
5. mutual financial assistance association

   いわゆる「ネズミ講(こう)」を運営(うんえい)したとして、無限連鎖(むげんれんさ)講(こう)防止法違反(ぼうしほういはん)の疑(うたが)いが持(も)たれています。

   Iwayuru “nezumi-kō” o un'ei shita toshite, mugenrensakō bōshihō ihan no utagai gamotareteimasu.

   He is being held on suspicion of violating the Law on Prevention of Pyramid Schemes for operating a so-called "Mouse Mutual Assistance Association."

講 (eumhun 외울 강 (oe'ul gang))

1. Hanja form^? of 강 (“reading or lecture”).

• 강의 (講義, gang'ui, “lecture”)
• 강사 (講師, gangsa, “lecturer”)

講: Hán Nôm readings: giảng, nhãng

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