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说不上

shuō bu shàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 說不上

说不上 (shuō bu shàng) means "to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 说不上 means

1. to be unable to say or tell
2. to not be worth mentioning

The characters in 说不上

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

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