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說

shuō

speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

Strokes
14
Radical
言
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 说

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 说, the simplified form of 說. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 不，你说。

    Bù nǐ shuō

    No, you say.

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  • 我能说。

    Wǒ néng shuō

    I'm able to speak.

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  • 我没说。

    Wǒ méi shuō

    I didn't say it.

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  • 我不能说。

    Wǒ bù néng shuō

    I can't say.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 说

  • 说shuō 1to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
  • 说话shuō huà 1–4 to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
  • 说明shuō míng 1–2 to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption
  • 听说tīng shuō 1–1 to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
  • 小说xiǎo shuō 3–1 novel; fiction
  • 比如说bǐ rú shuō 3–2–1for example
  • 传说chuán shuō 2–1 legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
  • 据说jù shuō 4–1 it is said that; reportedly
  • 说不定shuō bu dìng 1–5–4can't say for sure; maybe
  • 说服shuō fú 1–2 to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]
  • 一般来说yī bān lái shuō 1–1–2–1 → 4–1–2–1generally speaking
  • 说法shuō fa 1–5way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation