shuō

speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

HSK 1 #24

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

有笑 yǒu shuō yǒu xiào talking and laughing; to jest; cheerful and lively
情 shuō qíng to intercede; to plead for sb else
píng shuō to comment; to evaluate
不上 shuō bu shàng to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on; really good; nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
纷纭 zhòng shuō fēn yún opinions differ (idiom)
一不二 shuō yī bù èr to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
理 shuō lǐ to reason; to argue logically
谈天地 tán tiān shuō dì to talk endlessly; talking of anything under the sun
jiǎ shuō hypothesis
不做 zhǐ shuō bù zuò to be all talk and no action
zhào shuō normally; ordinarily speaking
书 shuō shū folk art consisting of storytelling to music
长篇小 cháng piān xiǎo shuō novel
中篇小 zhōng piān xiǎo shuō novella
二话没 èr huà méi shuō see 二話不說|二话不说[er4 hua4 bu4 shuo1]
自不必 zì bù bì shuō to not need dwell on (idiom)
词 jiě shuō cí a commentary
媒 shuō méi to act as a matchmaker
亲 shuō qīn to act as a matchmaker
长道短 shuō cháng dào duǎn lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
chéng shuō accepted theory or formulation
yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some
一部二十四史,不知从何起 yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
不好 bù hǎo shuō hard to say; unpleasant to say; can't be sure