講
jiǎng HSK2

explain

讲 (講) jiǎng
speak verb
to speak, talk, or say something

他正在讲电话。

tā zhèng​zài jiǎng diàn​huà.

He is on the phone right now.

explain verb
to explain a topic, give a lecture, or deliver a speech

老师正在给学生讲课。

lǎo​shī zhèng​zài gěi xué​sheng jiǎng kè.

The teacher is lecturing the students.

emphasize verb
to emphasize, stress, or be particular about something

他这个人非常讲礼貌。

tā zhèi gè rén fēi​cháng jiǎng lǐ​mào.

He is a very polite person.

regarding verb
as far as something is concerned; in terms of

讲到工作，他从不马虎。

jiǎng dào gōng​zuò, tā cóng bù mǎ​hu.

When it comes to work, he is never careless.

negotiate verb
to negotiate, bargain, or discuss terms

这种商品谢绝讲价钱，请看好标签上的价格。

zhè zhǒng shāng​pǐn xiè​jué jiǎng jià​qian, qǐng kān​hǎo biāo​qiān shàng de jià​gé.

There is no bargaining for this item; please check the price on the label.

Frequency
Character
Written text
555th most common 378.4 per million
Movie subtitles
582nd most common 243.0 per million appears in 63% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
202.3 per million appears in 49% of films
Written text
200.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Simplified
讲
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+8B1B

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)