演說

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) 演 說
simp. (演说) 演 说

Etymology

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 演 說
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 仙 (82)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 以淺切 失爇切
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/
Bernard
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
    都準備好了,就等著您的演說呢。 [MSC, trad.]
    都准备好了,就等着您的演说呢。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo le, jiù děng zhe nín de yǎnshuō ne. [Pinyin]
    We are all ready — just waiting for your speech.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
演 說
えん
Grade: 5
せつ > ぜつ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 演說 – see the following entry.
【演説えんぜつ】
[noun] speech
[verb] to make a speech, to deliver a speech
(This term, 演說, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
演說

Noun

演說 • (napseja) (hangeul 연설)

  1. Hanja form? of 연설 (“speech”).
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