HSK 2 · Thinking & knowing

讲

jiǎng

to speak; to explain

Stroke order of 讲

讲 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

'讠' Words drawn up steadily like water from a '井' well: to explain.

Parts: 讠 speech + 井 well (phonetic)

Example sentence

爷爷给我讲了一个故事。

Grandpa told me a story.

Words with 讲

听讲to attend a lecture 讲话to speak; speech

More words: Thinking & knowing

懂to understand 懂得to understand; to know 清楚clear; to understand 听说to hear (it said)想到to think of 想起to recall; to remember 发现to discover; to find 得出to reach (a conclusion)找出to find out 说明to explain; explanation 讲话to speak; speech 打算to plan; plan 计划plan; to plan 习惯habit; to be used to

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