说 (說) shuō

  1. shuō verb to say; said; to speak; to talk; speaks
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 说 means the same as 告诉. 说 is used in this sense in both modern and literary Chinese (ABC 'shuō' v 1; GHC '说' 2; Kroll 2015 '說' 1; NCCED '说' 1). For example, 她低声的说 'She said in a low voice.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176)
  2. yuè verb to relax; to enjoy; to be delighted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '说' 8; Kroll 2015 '說' yuè)
  3. shuì verb to persuade
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 劝说 or 说服 (GHC '说' 5; Kroll 2015 '說' shuì; NCCED '说' 5)
  4. shuō verb to teach; to recite; to explain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 解释 or 说明 (ABC 'shuō' v 2; GHC '说' 1; Kroll 2015 '說' 2; NCCED '说' 2) Etymology: 說,釋也。从言、兌。一曰談說。(Shuo Wen) to explain, from 言 with duì 兑 as phonetic (Norman 1988, p. 69)
  5. shuō noun a doctrine; a theory
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 学说 (ABC 'shuō' bf; GHC '说' 1; Kroll 2015 '說' 3; NCCED '说' 3)
  6. shuō verb to claim; to assert
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '说' 4; Kroll 2015 '說' 3)
  7. shuō noun allocution
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '说' 5; Kroll 2015 '說' 4)
  8. shuō verb to criticize; to scold
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'shuō' v 3; NCCED '说' 4)
  9. shuō verb to indicate; to refer to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'shuō' v 4; NCCED '说' 6)
  10. shuō verb speach; vāda
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vāda, Tibetan: smra ba, Japanese: setsu (BCSD '說', p. 1079; DJBT '說', p. 434; Mahāvyutpatti 'vādaḥ'; MW 'vāda'; SH '說', p. 429)
  11. shuō verb to speak; bhāṣate
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhāṣate (BCSD '說', p. 1079; Mahāvyutpatti 'bhāṣate'; MW 'bhāṣ'; SH '說', p. 429)

Contained in

Also contained in

说实话公说公有理,婆说婆有理推理小说那还用说说定说破说话算话上书说上异说说苑按说二话不说

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

Collocations