Character data

RADICAL ⾔ (149.7)

STROKES 14

SIMPLIFIED 说

說 shuō

to say; to speak; to explain

Character data

Radical	⾔ (149.7)
Strokes	14
SIMPLIFIED	说

Definitions

說 shuō	1. to say 2. to speak 3. to explain 4. to scold 5. to tell off 6. a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心说rì xīn shuō heliocentric theory) 7. variant of 说shuō
說 shuì	1. to persuade

Words containing 說

Word	Meaning
一般來說 yī bān lái shuō	generally speaking
一般說來 yī bān shuō lái	generally speaking; in general
一說 yī shuō	according to some; an expression of opinion
一部二十四史，不知從何說起 yī bù èr shí sì shǐ ， bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ	long story, hard to know where to begin
不好說 bù hǎo shuō	hard to say; can't be sure; unpleasant to say
不待說 bù dài shuō	it goes without saying; needless to say
不用說 bù yòng shuō	needless to say; it goes without saying
不由分說 bù yóu fēn shuō	to allow no explanation
不說自明 bù shuō zì míng	self-explanatory; self-evident (idiom)
且不說 qiě bù shuō	not to mention; leaving aside
且說 qiě shuō	thus
世說新語 shì shuō xīn yǔ	A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 刘义庆liú yì qìng
中國小說史略 zhōng guó xiǎo shuō shǐ lüè	Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 鲁迅lǔ xùn
中篇小說 zhōng piān xiǎo shuō	novella
也就是說 yě jiù shì shuō	in other words; that is to say; so
亂說 luàn shuō	to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
二話不說 èr huà bù shuō	not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
二話沒說 èr huà méi shuō	see 二话不说èr huà bù shuō
什麼好說 shén me hǎo shuō	sth pertinent to say
但說無妨 dàn shuō wú fáng	there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
俗話說 sú huà shuō	as the proverb says; as they say...
信口胡說 xìn kǒu hú shuō	to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out
假說 jiǎ shuō	hypothesis
傅說 fù shuō	Fu Shuo, legendary minister of Shang king
傳說 chuán shuō	legend; folklore; they say that...

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