说 (shuō): meaning and stroke order
说 (shuō) means to speak; to talk; to say, to explain; to comment, to scold; to tell off.
说
- Simplified
- 说
- Traditional
- 說, 説
- Pinyin
- shuō · shuì
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Stroke order of 说
说
- shuì to persuade
- shuō to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment
- shuō variant of 說|说[shuo1]
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 說
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Meaning of 说
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shuō
Traditional 說
- to speak; to talk; to say
- to explain; to comment
- to scold; to tell off
- (bound form) theory; doctrine
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shuō
Traditional 説
- variant of 說|说[shuo1]
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shuì
Traditional 說
- to persuade
Radical and structure
- 说
- Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 讠 on the left, 兑 on the right
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Words with 说
- 传说 chuán shuō legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 说好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations
- 说明 shuō míng to explain; to illustrate
- 说起 shuō qǐ to mention; to bring up (a subject)
- 说话 shuō huà to speak; to say
- 听说 tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that)
- 据说 jù shuō it is said that; reportedly
- 按理说 àn lǐ shuō it is reasonable to say that...
- 说服 shuō fú to persuade; to convince
- 总的来说 zǒng de lái shuō generally speaking; to sum up
- 换句话说 huàn jù huà shuō in other words
- 也就是说 yě jiù shì shuō in other words; that is to say
说 in our stories
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同学说：“你好！我叫李明。”
tóngxué shuō nǐ hǎo wǒ jiào Lǐ Míng
A classmate says, "Hi! My name is Li Ming."
From the story A new friend HSK 1
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服务员说：“你想吃什么？”
fúwùyuán shuō nǐ xiǎng chī shénme
The waiter says, "What would you like to eat?"
From the story At the restaurant HSK 1
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马丽说：“苹果多少钱一斤？”
Mǎ Lì shuō píngguǒ duōshao qián yì jīn
Ma Li says, "How much are the apples a jin?"
From the story Buying apples HSK 1
Where you learn it
说 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 说
- A new friend HSK 1
- At the restaurant HSK 1
- Buying apples HSK 1
- The first day at school HSK 1
- Not my bag HSK 1
- Taking a taxi HSK 1
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).