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说明

shuō míng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 說明 Measure word 个

说明 (shuō míng) means "to explain". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 说明 means

1. to explain
2. to illustrate
3. to indicate
4. to show
5. to prove
6. explanation
7. directions
8. caption

The characters in 说明

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Words starting with 说明

• 说明书shuō míng shū(technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film)
• 说明会shuō míng huìinformation meeting

Words containing 说明

• 图解说明tú jiě shuō míngexplanatory diagram
• 招股说明书zhāo gǔ shuō míng shūprospectus
• 化学品安全技术说明书huà xué pǐn ān quán jì shù shuō míng shūmaterials safety data sheet (MSDS)

Where 说明 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication & information (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shuō míng correctly.
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