演說

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See also: 演説 and 演说

Chinese

to develop; to evolve; to practise
to develop; to evolve; to practise; to perform; to play; to act
 
to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (演說)
simp. (演说)

Etymology

In its original literary sense, attestable from at least the Tang dynasty.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial () (36) (26)
Final () (77) (82)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter yenX sywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇnX/ /ɕiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛnX/ /ɕʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/jænX/ /ɕjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jianX/ /ɕwiat̚/
Li
Rong
/iɛnX/ /ɕiuɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛnX/ /ɕĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛnX/ /ɕi̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎn shuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin5 syut3

Verb

演說

  1. to make a speech; to address
  2. (literary) to deduce; to infer; to derive

Synonyms

Noun

演說

  1. speech; address
    準備演說 [MSC, trad.]
    准备演说 [MSC, simp.]
    Dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo le, jiù děng zhe nín de yǎnshuō ne.
    We are all ready — just waiting for your speech.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
えん
Grade: 5
せつ > ぜつ
Hyōgai
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 演說 – see the following entry.
演説えんぜつ
speech
to make a speech, to deliver a speech
(This term, 演說, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

演說 (napseja) (hangeul 연설)

  1. hanja form? of 연설 (speech)