shuō

speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

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DEFINITIONS

说 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]
说 shuì
  • to persuade

STROKES

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WORDS

xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about
服力 shuō fú lì persuasiveness
换句话 huàn jù huà shuō in other words
一般来 yī bān lái shuō generally speaking
长话短 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom)
hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me
suī shuō though; although
教 shuō jiào to preach
不用 bù yòng shuō needless to say; it goes without saying
总的来 zǒng de lái shuō generally speaking; to sum up; in summary; in short
无话可 wú huà kě shuō to have nothing to say (idiom)
就是 jiù shì shuō in other words; that is
道 shuō dào to state; to say (the quoted words)
道 shuō dao to discuss; reason (behind sth)
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
辞 shuō cí excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
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
明书 shuō míng shū (technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film); specification (patent); CL:本[ben3]
yóu shuì to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
quàn shuō to persuade; persuasion; to advise
客 shuì kè (old) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece; also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
yào shuō as for; when it comes to
sù shuō to recount; to tell of; to relate; (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
三道四 shuō sān dào sì to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip