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说法

shuō fa

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 說法

说法 (shuō fǎ) means "to expound Buddhist teachings; way of speaking; wording". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 说法 means

1. way of speaking
2. wording
3. formulation
4. one's version (of events)
5. statement
6. theory
7. hypothesis
8. interpretation

Other readings

说法 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shuō fǎto expound Buddhist teachings

The characters in 说法

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 法fǎlaw; method; way

Example sentences

• 她说法语。
  She spoke French.
• 我会说法语。
  I can speak French.
• 她会说法语。
  She can speak French.
• 他会说法语。
  He speaks French.
• 我也说法语。
  I speak French, too.
• 你会说法语吗？
  Can you speak French?

Words containing 说法

• 现身说法xiàn shēn shuō fǎto talk from one's personal experience; to use oneself as an example

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