演说 meaning in English

yǎnshuō

speech; to deliver a speech

HSK 7-9verbnounTraditional 演說23 strokes

Meaning of 演说

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yǎnshuō
  1. speech
  2. to deliver a speech

演说 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

好hǎo一yī场cháng演yǎn说shuō!
What a speech!
妳nǐ们men的de演yǎn说shuō很hěn出chū色sè。
Your speech was excellent.
我wǒ对duì他tā的de演yǎn说shuō感gǎn到dào失shī望wàng。
I was disappointed with his speech.
他tā们men的de演yǎn说shuō好hǎo好hǎo笑xiào。
Their speech is funny.
你nǐ的de演yǎn说shuō烂làn透tòu了le。
Your speech sucked.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

演 yǎn · to perform · 14 strokes

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说 shuō · to speak · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 演说.

说话shuōhuàto speak; to say
听说tīngshuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that)
说明shuōmíngto explain; to illustrate
小说xiǎoshuōnovel; fiction
比如说bǐrú shuōfor example
表演biǎoyǎnplay; show
演出yǎnchūto act (in a play); to perform
演员yǎnyuánactor; actress; performer
导演dǎoyǎnto direct; director (film etc)
传说chuánshuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
据说jùshuōit is said that; reportedly
演唱yǎnchàngto sing (for an audience); vocal performance

Questions about 演说

What does 演说 mean?

演说 (yǎnshuō) means "speech; to deliver a speech" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 演说?

演说 is made of 2 characters: 演 (14 strokes), 说 (9 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 演说 an HSK word?

Yes. 演说 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 演说 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 演说 is written 演說.