"说" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Le caractère 说

shuì
Traditional
Radical
(7 traits)
Number of strokes
9
Structure
gauche et droite
HSK
HSK 1
Cangjie
IVCRU 戈女金口山
Sijiao
0387.1
Wubi
YUKQ
GB 2312
CBB5
Unicode
U+8BF4

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
shuì to persuade syn
shuō variant of 說|说[shuo1] syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
说明 說明 shuō míng to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
说道 說道 shuō dao to discuss / reason (behind sth) syn
说道 說道 shuō dào to state / to say (the quoted words) syn
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word syn
说法 說法 shuō fa way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation syn
说法 說法 shuō fǎ to expound Buddhist teachings syn
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out / to declare (one's view) syn
说到 說到 shuō dào to talk about / to mention / (preposition) as for
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth syn
说起 說起 shuō qǐ to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for
说服 說服 shuō fú to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2] syn
说谎 說謊 shuō huǎng to lie / to tell an untruth syn
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement / to complete negotiations
说笑 說笑 shuō xiào to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter syn
说唱 說唱 shuō chàng speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] and 相聲|相声[xiang4 sheng5] / (music) rapping
说教 說教 shuō jiào to preach syn
说上 說上 shuō shàng to say / to speak / to talk
说辞 說辭 shuō cí excuse / pretext / entreaties / arguments syn
说理 說理 shuō lǐ to reason / to argue logically syn
说情 說情 shuō qíng to intercede / to plead for sb else syn
说文 說文 shuō wén see 說文解字|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4]
说书 說書 shuō shū folk art consisting of storytelling to music syn
说破 說破 shuō pò to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal
说客 說客 shuì kè (old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
说动 說動 shuō dòng to persuade syn
说媒 說媒 shuō méi to act as a matchmaker syn
说亲 說親 shuō qīn to act as a matchmaker syn
说合 說合 shuō hé to bring together / to mediate / to arrange a deal syn
说定 說定 shuō dìng to agree on / to settle on syn
说部 說部 shuō bù (old) works of literature, including novels, plays etc
说哭 說哭 shuō kū to make (sb) cry (with one's harsh words)
说摞 說摞 shuō luò to confess / to let out the truth (colloquial)
说死 說死 shuō sǐ to say definitely / to commit (to a proposition)
说帖 說帖 shuō tiě memorandum / note (i.e. written statement)
说通 說通 shuō tōng to get sb to understand / to persuade
说中 說中 shuō zhòng to hit the nail on the head / to predict correctly
说嘴 說嘴 shuō zuǐ to boast syn
说不出 說不出 shuō bu chū unable to say
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure / maybe syn
说明书 說明書 shuō míng shū (technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:本[ben3] syn
说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
说服力 說服力 shuō fú lì persuasiveness
说到底 說到底 shuō dào dǐ in the final analysis / in the end syn
说不上 說不上 shuō bu shàng to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning syn
说了算 說了算 shuō le suàn to have the final say / to be the one in charge syn
说白了 說白了 shuō bái le to speak frankly syn
说不准 說不準 shuō bù zhǔn unable to say / can't say precisely
说谎者 說謊者 shuō huǎng zhě liar
说不得 說不得 shuō bu de to be unmentionable / be unspeakable / must / cannot but
说不通 說不通 shuō bù tōng it does not make sense
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
小说 小說 xiǎo shuō novel / fiction / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] syn
来说 來說 lái shuō to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ... syn
听说 聽說 tīng shuō to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking syn
传说 傳說 chuán shuō legend / folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth / they say that... syn
再说 再說 zài shuō to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides syn
据说 據說 jù shuō it is said that / reportedly syn
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss / to recount
要说 要說 yào shuō as for / when it comes to
虽说 雖說 suī shuō though / although syn
还说 還說 hái shuō to add (in speaking) / to also say
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion / according to some
解说 解說 jiě shuō to explain (verbally) / to give a running commentary syn
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with / not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me syn
却说 卻說 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞)
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense / drivel syn
学说 學說 xué shuō theory / doctrine syn
劝说 勸說 quàn shuō to persuade / persuasion / to advise syn
演说 演說 yǎn shuō speech / to deliver a speech syn
乱说 亂說 luàn shuō to talk drivel / to make irresponsible remarks syn
述说 述說 shù shuō to recount / to narrate / to give an account of syn
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about syn
游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) syn
细说 細說 xì shuō to tell in detail syn
难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it syn
评说 評說 píng shuō to comment / to evaluate syn
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
且说 且說 qiě shuō thus
言说 言說 yán shuō to speak of / to refer to

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