Explore in 3D3D

说

shuō/shuì

to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment

Traditional 說
Variant forms 説
HSK 3.0 · Level 1 verb Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

2 forms
  1. Bamboo & silkWarring States
  2. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

shuō as in 说话 shuo1
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
shuì as in 游说 shui4
  1. to persuade

How often each reading is used

663 uses in 639 example sentences on this site

Example sentences

HSK words with 说 · 24 of 52

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