Chinese Character 講 (gong2 | jiang3) : say; speak

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講
gong2 jiang3
Cantonese dialectical word: say; speak Mandarin: V: to emphasize, to speak Stroke count: 17 Level: 1 Radical: (#149)
講 / 讲
Don't confuse with: 請
This character was last edited on 14th Apr 2008
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講大話 gong2 daai6 waa6 = to lie 講笑 gong2 siu3 = to joke; not serious粵講古仔 gong2 gu2 zai2 = to tell a story / stories粵講話 gong2 waa6 jiang3 hua4 = to speak; to talk 講師 gong2 si1 jiang3 shi1 = lecturer 講講 gong2 gong2 = talk國講義 gong2 ji6 jiang3 yi4 = handouts; lecture notes國講道 gong2 dou6 jiang3 dao4 = preach, sermon, exhortation 講道理 gong2 dou6 lei5 jiang3 dao4 li3 = to reason with 講緊電話 gong2 gan2 din6 waa6*2 = speaking on the phone粵 See all 76 compounds
Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 講我唔識講廣東話粵 edit I don't speak Cantonese. 過來呀，我有啲嘢想同你講呀。粵 edit Come over here, I've got something I want to discuss with you. 呢個用廣東話點講呀? 粵 edit How do you say this in Cantonese? 講就天下無敵，做就無能為力。 edit [He] talks as if no one in the world could match him, but when he must act, he is completely incapable. 千祈唔好講大話。粵 edit Don't ever tell lies. 你講嗰啲嘢全部都九唔踏八。粵 edit Nothing you said made any sense. 佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添粵 edit Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment. 呢篇文講緊一個啱啱死嘅人。粵 edit This article is about a recently deceased person. [(Wikipedia)] 乜你講話咁咖粵 edit How is it you speak with such a stutter 咪下扒輕輕，講過就要做到粵 edit Don't just say it, you must do it. Show all 16 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 講
Unicode code for this character: U+8b1b (off-site link)

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