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说
shuō
说 (shuō) means "to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.
What 说 means
- to speak; to talk; to say
- to explain; to comment
- to scold; to tell off
- bound formtheory; doctrine
Other readings
Example sentences
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说！Speak!
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说。Talk.
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瞎说！Xiāshuō!That's bullshit!
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胡说！Nonsense!
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胡说。Poppycock.
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说呀！Speak!
Words starting with 说
- 说话shuō huàto speak; to say; to talk
- 说明shuō míngto explain; to illustrate; to indicate
- 说道shuō dàoto state; to say (the quoted words)
- 说不定shuō bu dìngcan't say for sure; maybe
- 说服shuō fúto persuade; to convince; to talk sb over
- 说法shuō faway of speaking; wording; formulation
- 说到shuō dàoto talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for
- 说出shuō chūto speak out; to declare (one's view)
- 说起shuō qǐto mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to
- 说说shuō shuoto say sth
- 说好shuō hǎoto come to an agreement; to complete negotiations
- 说实话shuō shí huàto speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
- 说谎shuō huǎngto lie; to tell an untruth
- 说明书shuō míng shū(technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film)
- 说不上shuō bu shàngto be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
- 说笑shuō xiàoto chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter
- 说真的shuō zhēn deto tell the truth; honestly; in fact
- 说到底shuō dào dǐin the final analysis; in the end
- 说中shuō zhòngto hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly
- 说了算shuō le suànto have the final say; to be the one in charge
- 说服力shuō fú lìpersuasiveness
- 说教shuō jiàoto preach
- 说白了shuō bái leto speak frankly
- 说不准shuō bù zhǔnunable to say; can't say precisely
Words containing 说
- 小说xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
- 听说tīng shuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay
- 据说jù shuōit is said that; reportedly
- 传说chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 胡说hú shuōto talk nonsense; drivel
- 解说员jiě shuō yuáncommentator
- 学说xué shuōtheory; doctrine
- 再说zài shuōto say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover
- 比如说bǐ rú shuōfor example
- 话说huà shuōIt is said that ... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount
- 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōin other words; that is to say; so
- 如果说rú guǒ shuōif; if one were to say
- 别说bié shuōto say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
- 就是说jiù shì shuōin other words; that is
- 一说yī shuōan expression of opinion; according to some
- 虽说suī shuōthough; although
- 解说jiě shuōto explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
- 诉说sù shuōto recount; to tell of; to relate
- 一般来说yī bān lái shuōgenerally speaking
- 不用说bù yòng shuōneedless to say; it goes without saying
- 劝说quàn shuōto persuade; persuasion; to advise
- 演说yǎn shuōspeech; to deliver a speech
- 俗话说sú huà shuōas the proverb says; as they say...
- 好说hǎo shuōeasy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me
Characters that look like 说
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 课kèsubject; course; class
- 误wùmistake; error; to miss
- 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
- 逗dòuto tease (playfully); to entice; (colloquial) to joke; (colloquial) funny; amusing
- 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…
- 谀yúto flatter
Where 说 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 1 Characters · Set 3 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shuō correctly.
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Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.
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