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

回來 huà shuō huí lai returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...; anyhow
一不二 shuō yī bù èr to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
一千,道一萬 shuō yī qiān , dào yī wàn when all is said and done; at the end of the day
八 shuō qī shuō bā after all
三道四 shuō sān dào sì to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip
上 shuō shàng to say; to speak; to talk
不上 shuō bu shàng to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
不出 shuō bu chū unable to say
不出話來 shuō bù chū huà lái speechless
不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe
不準 shuō bù zhǔn unable to say; can't say precisely
不通 shuō bù tōng it does not make sense
不過去 shuō bu guò qù cannot be justified; inexcusable
中 shuō zhòng to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly
也奇怪 shuō yě qí guài strangely enough; oddly enough; strange to say
了算 shuō le suàn to have the final say; to be the one in charge
來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view)
到 shuō dào to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for
到做到 shuō dào zuò dào to be as good as one's word (idiom); to keep one's promise
到底 shuō dào dǐ in the final analysis; in the end
動 shuō dòng to persuade
合 shuō hé to bring together; to mediate; to arrange a deal
唱 shuō chàng speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] and 相聲|相声[xiang4 sheng5]; (music) rapping
嘴 shuō zuǐ to boast