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

對我來 duì wǒ lái shuō as far as I'm concerned
小小 xiǎo xiǎo shuō flash fiction
xiǎo shuō novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
家 xiǎo shuō jiā School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC); novelist
為佳 shǎo shuō wéi jiā Few words are best.; Brevity is the soul of wit.
就是 jiù shì shuō in other words; that is
就職演 jiù zhí yǎn shuō inaugural speech
常言得好 cháng yán shuō de hǎo as the saying goes; as they say...
影射小 yǐng shè xiǎo shuō roman à clef
微型小 wēi xíng xiǎo shuō flash fiction
怎麼呢 zěn me shuō ne Why is that?; How come?
lèng shuō to insist; to allege; to assert
màn shuō not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
chéng shuō accepted theory or formulation
xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration; history as jocular narrative; to stretch history for a joking story; amusing story with strained interpretations of history; to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
劇 xì shuō jù period costume drama (on TV)
打開天窗亮話 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
招股明書 zhāo gǔ shuō míng shū prospectus
按理 àn lǐ shuō it is reasonable to say that...
àn shuō in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
推理小 tuī lǐ xiǎo shuō murder mystery (novel); whodunit
tuī shuō to plead; to claim as an excuse
換句話 huàn jù huà shuō in other words
jù shuō it is said that; reportedly
日心 rì xīn shuō heliocentric theory; the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe