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  syut3 seoi3 jyut6   jyutping
  shuo1 shui4 yue4   pinyin
[] syut3 | [] 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

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

[] jyut6 | [] yue4
variant of

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
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 18732 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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detail  siu2 syut3  xiao3 shuo1 = novel
detail  syut3 bat1 ding6  shuo1 bu5 ding4 (PRC) / shuo1 bu4*2 (Taiwan) ding4 = perhaps; maybe
detail  mat1 syut3 waa6   = Not at all!
detail  ce2 syut3   = "Let us now talk about"
detail  syut3 waa6  shuo1 hua4 = [1] to speak [2] speech; words
detail  syut3 ming4 syu1  shuo1 ming2 shu1 = manual; users' guide
detail  syut3 ming4  shuo1 ming2 = to explain; to show
detail  wu4 syut3  hu2 shuo1 = talk nonsense
detail  wu4 syut3 baat3 dou6  hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4 = talk nonsense
detail  ting1 syut3  ting1 shuo1 = to hear about
See all 82 compounds (CantoDict reports 81 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 4 examples containing 說
detail 這麼出爾反爾剛纔現在不要到底
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?
detail 一點普通話
I can speak a little bit of Mandarin.
detail 對於這種地位來說, 這樣行為莊重
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.
detail 小說不怎麼樣
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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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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