shuō

speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

DEFINITIONS

說 shuō
  • to speak
  • to say
  • to explain
  • to scold
  • to tell off
  • a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)
  • variant of 說|说[shuo1]
說 shuì
  • to persuade

WORDS

zá shuō scattered essays; various opinions; different manners of speaking
非小 fēi xiǎo shuō non-fiction
非洲單源 fēi zhōu dān yuán shuō single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
lái shuō to say; speaking of
qiǎng shuō forcefully or strenuously speak; to talk about something with great effort or insistence
lùn shuō theory; viewpoint; argumentation