說 (shuō)
to speak; to say; to explain
How 說 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 言 — speech
- Traditional
- 說
- Simplified
- 说
說 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- shuì
- to canvass; to persuade; see 遊說|游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and 說客|说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker
- shuō
- to speak; to say; to explain; to scold
Common words using 說
- 傳說 chuánshuō
- legend; folklore; tradition
- 來說 láishuō
- to have one's say; to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view); now we come to talk about it, ...
- 小說 xiǎoshuō
- novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 據說 jùshuō
- it is said that; reportedly
- 聽說 tīngshuō
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay
- 解說 jiěshuō
- to explain; to comment
- 訴說 sùshuō
- to tell sb
- 說不定 shuōbudìng
- can't say for sure; maybe
- 說出 shuōchū
- to speak out; to declare (one's view)
- 說好 shuōhǎo
- to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations
- 說明 shuōmíng
- to explain; to illustrate; to indicate
- 說服 shuōfú
- to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over
說 in a sentence
你剛剛說了什麼？
Nǐ gānggāng shuō le shénme?
“What did you just say?”
How common is 說?
說 is the 24th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 21.6% of all running text.
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