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)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

講 / 讲

Don't confuse with:
請

This word has been viewed 47796 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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講大話 gong2 daai6 waa6 = to lie; to prevaricate 粵

講笑 gong2 siu3 = to joke; not serious 粵

講古仔 gong2 gu2 zai2 = to tell a story / stories 粵

講價 gong2 gaa3 jiang3 jia4 = bargain; haggle over the price

講話 gong2 waa6 jiang3 hua4 = to speak; to talk

講師 gong2 si1 jiang3 shi1 = lecturer

講講 gong2 gong2 = talk 國

講得清楚 gong2 dak1 cing1 co2 = to speak clearly 粵

講嘢 gong2 je5 = talk 粵

講義 gong2 ji6 jiang3 yi4 = teaching materials
See all 106 compounds (CantoDict reports 107 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 54 examples containing 講

我唔識講廣東話粵
I don't speak Cantonese.

我識講廣東話。粵
I know how to speak Cantonese.

平時唔會講〝多過〞. 粵
Normally we won't say "多過".
[(This is actually referencing the sentence "今年學費貴過舊年").]

你喺度亂講乜嘢？粵
What the hell are you doing?
[Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼？]

佢識講好多俗語粵
He knows lots of slang.

過來呀，我有啲嘢想同你講呀。粵
Come over here, I've got something I want to discuss with you.

呢個用廣東話點講呀? 粵
How do you say this in Cantonese?

千祈唔好講大話。粵
Don't ever tell lies.

你講堅㗎？！粵
Is that for real?!

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious.
[大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+8b1b (off-site link)

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