说 說
shuō
HSK level: HSK 1
Meaning
to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory
Other reading: shuì
to persuade
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Characters
Examples
我能说。
wǒ néng shuō。
I'm able to speak.
我不能说。
wǒ bù néng shuō。
I can't say.
说来听听。
shuō lái tīng tīng。
Tell me about it.
Words with this character
说话 shuō huà to speak说明 shuō míng to explain听说 tīng shuō to hear说实话 shuō shí huà to speak the truth说法 shuō fa way of speaking再说 zài shuō to say again小说 xiǎo shuō novel比如说 bǐ rú shuō for example传说 chuán shuō legend也就是说 yě jiù shì shuō in other words据说 jù shuō it is said that说不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure说服 shuō fú to persuade说道 shuō dào to state说谎 shuō huǎng to lie别说 bié shuō to say nothing of虽说 suī shuō though就是说 jiù shì shuō in other words一般来说 yī bān lái shuō generally speaking总的来说 zǒng de lái shuō generally speaking好说 hǎo shuō easy to deal with胡说 hú shuō to talk nonsense演说 yǎn shuō speech