說 (syut3 seoi3 jyut6 | shuo1 shui4 yue4) : speak; talk; say; explain; theory

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說

syut3 seoi3 jyut6

shuo1 shui4 yue4

[粵] syut3 | [國] shuo1
[1] [v] speak; talk; say; tell
[2] [v] explain; clarify; make clear
[3] [n] theory; teachings; doctrine
[4] [v] criticize; scold; admonish
[5] [v] try to influence sb to do sth
[6] [v] mean; refer to; indicate

[粵] seoi3 | [國] shui4
[v] persuade; lobby; convince

[粵] jyut6 | [國] yue4
variant of 悦

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

說 / 说

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Sep 2013 02:39

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小說 siu2 syut3 xiao3 shuo1 = novel

說不定 syut3 bat1 ding6 shuo1 bu5 ding4 (PRC) / shuo1 bu4*2 (Taiwan) ding4 = perhaps; maybe 國

乜說話 mat1 syut3 waa6 = Not at all! 粵

且說 ce2 syut3 = "Let us now talk about"

說話 syut3 waa6 shuo1 hua4 = [1] to speak [2] speech; words

說明書 syut3 ming4 syu1 shuo1 ming2 shu1 = manual; users' guide

說明 syut3 ming4 shuo1 ming2 = to explain; to show 國

胡說 wu4 syut3 hu2 shuo1 = talk nonsense 國

胡說八道 wu4 syut3 baat3 dou6 hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4 = talk nonsense 國

聽說 ting1 syut3 ting1 shuo1 = to hear about 國
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你別這麼出爾反爾嘛﹗剛纔說要去﹐現在說不要了 — 你到底去不去啊﹖ 國
Stop changing your mind! A while ago, you said you wanted to go, but now you say you don't want to--are you really going or aren't you?

我能說一點普通話國
I can speak a little bit of Mandarin.

對於他這種地位的人來說, 這樣的行為是不莊重的。國
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.

這本小說不怎麼樣。國
This novel isn't up to much.
[怎麼樣 can be used in the negative to mean "(not) well enough" or "(not) up to much". ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 說
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