演說

演說

See also: 演説 and 演说

Chinese

		to develop; to evolve; to practice to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (演說)		演	說
simp. (演说)		演	说

Etymology

In its original literary sense, attestable from at least the Tang dynasty. The "speech" sense may be from Japanese 演説 (えんぜつ) (enzetsu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² syut³
• Min Nan (POJ): ián-soat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎnshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanshuo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnshuo
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂwɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin² syut³
    • Yale: yín syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin² syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin² xud³
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ ʃyːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-soat
    • Tâi-lô: ián-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefnsoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/

Verb

演說

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

Noun

演說

1. speech; address

Synonyms

• 報告／报告 (bàogào)
• 發言／发言 (fāyán)
• 講演／讲演 (jiǎngyǎn)
• 演講／演讲 (yǎnjiǎng)
• 展示 (zhǎnshì)