讲
jiǎng HSK2

explain

讲 講 jiǎng
to speak verb
to speak, say, or tell; to talk about something

他不能讲当地的语言。

tā bù​néng jiǎng dāng​dì de yǔ​yán.

He can’t speak the local language.

我们都讲葡萄牙语。

wǒ​men dōu jiǎng pú​táo​yá​yǔ.

We all speak Portuguese.

to explain verb
to explain, clarify, or interpret a concept or text; to give a lecture or oral instruction

最后一段主要讲什么？

zuì​hòu yī duàn zhǔ​yào jiǎng shén​me?

What’s the last paragraph mainly about?

as for verbpreposition
Introduces a topic for evaluation, meaning "as far as something is concerned" or "regarding".

从技术上讲，他是错的，但从文化上讲，他是对的。

cóng jì​shù shang jiǎng, tā shì cuò de, dàn cóng wén​huà shang jiǎng, tā shì duì de.

He’s technically wrong — but he’s culturally right.

to emphasize verbnoun
to emphasize, stress, or pay close attention to; to be particular about or care about something like hygiene or friendship
to negotiate
to negotiate, discuss, or bargain over terms or prices
[unit]
(classifier) used to count sections of a lecture or series of talks, such as a lesson or a discourse
surname Jiang
a Chinese surname

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
Traditional
講
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+8BB2

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