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说

shuō

HSK 1 Character Traditional 說

What 说 means

1. to speak; to talk; to say
2. to explain; to comment
3. to scold; to tell off
4. bound formtheory; doctrine

Other readings

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

• shuìto persuade
• shuōvariant of {说|shuō}

Example sentences

• 说！
  Speak!
• 说。
  Talk.
• 瞎说！
  Xiāshuō!
  That's bullshit!
• 胡说！
  Nonsense!
• 胡说。
  Poppycock.
• 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