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

说 stroke order diagram
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WORDS

话 shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
明 shuō míng to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]
xiǎo shuō novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
服 shuō fú to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe
hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel
chuán shuō legend; folklore; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
jù shuō it is said that; reportedly
xué shuō theory; doctrine
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
谎 shuō huǎng to lie; to tell an untruth
实话 shuō shí huà to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
也就是 yě jiù shì shuō in other words; that is to say; so; thus
法 shuō fǎ to expound Buddhist teachings
法 shuō fa way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation
shuō shuo to say sth
了算 shuō le suàn to have the final say; to be the one in charge
八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish
实话实 shí huà shí shuō to tell the truth; to tell it as it is
来话长 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
笑 shuō xiào to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter
yǎn shuō speech; to deliver a speech
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
huà shuō It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount
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