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 / gong² waa^6-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kóng-fa

(Meixian, Guangdong): gong³ fa⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): gōng-uâ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng³ ua⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kóng-ōe / kóng-ōa / káng-ōe
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kaon ⁶gho

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 / gong² waa^6-2
  - Yale: góng wah / góng wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong² waa⁶ / gong² waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong² wa⁶ / gong² wa^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ waː²²/, /kɔːŋ³⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng-fa
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˋ fa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong³ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ³¹ fa⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gong³ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kɔŋ³¹ fa⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gōng-uâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋuɑ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³ ua⁵ [Phonetic: gorng² ngua⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô̤ng-uā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(Ø-)ŋua¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³ ua⁵ [Phonetic: gorng² ngua⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ³³²⁻²⁴ ^(Ø-)ŋua²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: kóng-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofng'oe
  - IPA (Singapore): /kɔŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ 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): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ ua²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káng-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: káng-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafng'oe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kaon ⁶gho
  - MiniDict: kaon^去 gho^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kaan ³hho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɑ̃³⁴ ɦo²³/

Verb

講⫽話 (verb-object)

to talk; to speak
我不想和這種不要臉的女人講話。 [MSC, trad.]
我不想和这种不要脸的女人讲话。 [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.
to make a speech; to give an address or talk

Synonyms

(to speak):

Dialectal synonyms of 說話 (“to speak; to talk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說話, 講話
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	說話, 言語
	Taiwan	說話, 講話
	Malaysia	講話, 說話
	Singapore	講話, 說話
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	說話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	說話
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	說話, 言傳
	Xi'an	說話
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	說話
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	說話
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	說話
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	說話, 開腔
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	說話
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	講話, 說話
	Yangzhou	講話, 說話
	Hefei	講話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講說話, 講話
	Hong Kong	講嘢, 講說話
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	講話
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	講嘢
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	講話
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	講嘢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	講話
	Dongguan	講嘢, 講話
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	講嘢
	Yangjiang	講事話, 講話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	講話, 講說話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講話, 講說話
Gan	Nanchang	話事
	Lichuan	話事
	Pingxiang	講事, 話事
Hakka	Meixian	講話, 講事, 話事
	Xingning	話事
	Huidong (Daling)	話事
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	講話
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	講話
	Wengyuan	講話
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	話事
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	話事
	Liannan	講話
	Jiexi	講話
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	講話
	Changting	話事
	Wuping	講話
	Wuping (Yanqian)	話事
	Wuping (Pingyu)	講話
	Liancheng	話事, 講事
	Ninghua	話事
	Yudu	話事
	Ningdu	話事
	Ruijin	話事
	Shicheng	話事
	Shangyou (Shexi)	話事
	Tonggu (Sandu)	話事
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	話事
	Dayu	話事
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	講話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	講話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	講話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	講話, 講事
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	講話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	講事
	Hong Kong	講話
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	講話
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	講話
	Xinyi (Sihe)	講話
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	講話
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	講話
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	講話
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	講話
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	講話
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	講話
	Mengshan (Xihe)	講話
	Senai (Huiyang)	講話
Huizhou	Jixi	講話
	Shexian	講話
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	講話
	Xiuning	講話
	Yixian	講話
	Qimen	講話
	Wuyuan	講話
Jin	Taiyuan	說話
Northern Min	Jian'ou	話事
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	話事
	Songxi	話事
	Zhenghe	話事
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	話事, 講事
	Jianyang	話事
	Wuyishan	話事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	話事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講話
	Fuzhou (Changle)	講話
	Lianjiang	講話
	Fuqing	講話
	Pingtan	講話
	Yongtai	講話
	Minqing	講話
	Gutian	講話
	Pingnan	講話
	Luoyuan	講話
	Fu'an	講話
	Ningde	講話
	Xiapu	講話
	Zherong	講話
	Shouning	講話
	Zhouning	講話
	Fuding	講話
	Matsu	講話
Southern Min	Xiamen	講話
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	講話
	Quanzhou	說話, 講話
	Jinjiang	講話, 說話
	Nan'an	說話
	Shishi	講話, 說話
	Hui'an	說話
	Anxi	說話
	Yongchun	說話, 講話
	Dehua	說話
	Zhangzhou	講話
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	講話
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	講話
	Hua'an	講話
	Nanjing	講話
	Pinghe	講話
	Zhangpu	講話
	Yunxiao	講話
	Zhao'an	呾話, 講話
	Dongshan	講話, 沫話
	Tainan	講話
	Kinmen	講話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	講話
	Manila (Hokkien)	講話, 說話
	Longyan	講話
	Zhangping	講話
	Datian	講話
	Chaozhou	呾話
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	呾話
	Jieyang	呾話
	Haifeng	講話
	Bangkok (Teochew)	呾話
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	呾話
	Singapore (Teochew)	呾話
	Wenchang	講話
	Haikou	講話
	Singapore (Hainanese)	講話
Puxian Min	Putian	講話
Puxian Min	Xianyou	講話
Central Min	Yong'an	話事
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	話事
	Sanming (Shaxian)	話事
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	講話
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	講話
Wu	Shanghai	講閒話, 說話
	Suzhou	講閒話
	Danyang	講話
	Ningbo	講閒話, 講說話, 話說話
	Wenzhou	講話, 講說話
	Jinhua	講水話, 講話
Xiang	Changsha	講話
Xiang	Shuangfeng	話話, 講話

Noun

講話

speech; address; talk (Classifier: 篇 m; 次 m; 番 m)
作重要講話／作重要讲话 ― zuò zhòngyào jiǎnghuà ― to make an important speech

你剛才的講話讓我非常地難過。 [MSC, trad.]
你刚才的讲话让我非常地难过。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ gāngcái de jiǎnghuà ràng wǒ fēicháng de nánguò. [Pinyin]
Your speech just now made me very sad.
(in book titles) guide; introduction

Japanese

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

Noun

講(こう)話(わ) • (kōwa)

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))

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
講	話

Noun

講話 • (ganghwa) (hangeul 강화)

hanja form^? of 강화 (“discourse, lecture”)