| 1 | 说 | 說 | shuō | shuo1 | to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心说 heliocentric theory); variant of 说 | | |
| 2 | 说明 | 說明 | shuō míng | shuo1 ming2 | to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 来说 | 來說 | lái shuō | lai2 shuo1 | to have one's say; to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view); now we come to talk about it, ... | | |
| 4 | 说话 | 說話 | shuō huà | shuo1 hua4 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | | |
| 5 | 听说 | 聽說 | tīng shuō | ting1 shuo1 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | | |
| 6 | 小说 | 小說 | xiǎo shuō | xiao3 shuo1 | novel; fiction; Classifiers: 本 | | |
| 7 | 学说 | 學說 | xué shuō | xue2 shuo1 | theory; doctrine | | |
| 8 | 说法 | 說法 | shuō fa | shuo1 fa5 | way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation | | |
| 9 | 说法 | 說法 | shuō fǎ | shuo1 fa3 | to expound Buddhist teachings | | |
| 10 | 说道 | 說道 | shuō dào | shuo1 dao4 | to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for; to state; to say (the quoted words) | | |
| 11 | 说道 | 說道 | shuō dao | shuo1 dao5 | to discuss; reason (behind sth) | | |
| 12 | 据说 | 據說 | jù shuō | ju4 shuo1 | it is said that; reportedly | | |
| 13 | 传说 | 傳說 | chuán shuō | chuan2 shuo1 | legend; folklore; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... | | |
| 14 | 说出 | 說出 | shuō chū | shuo1 chu1 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | | |
| 15 | 假说 | 假說 | jiǎ shuō | jia3 shuo1 | hypothesis | | |
| 16 | 也就是说 | 也就是說 | yě jiù shì shuō | ye3 jiu4 shi4 shuo1 | in other words; that is to say; so; thus | | |
| 17 | 再说 | 再說 | zài shuō | zai4 shuo1 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | | |
| 18 | 就是说 | 就是說 | jiù shì shuō | jiu4 shi4 shuo1 | in other words; that is | | |
| 19 | 说起 | 說起 | shuō qǐ | shuo1 qi3 | to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for | | |
| 20 | 说说 | 說說 | shuō shuo | shuo1 shuo5 | to say sth | | |
| 21 | 说不定 | 說不定 | shuō bu dìng | shuo1 bu5 ding4 | can't say for sure; maybe | | |
| 22 | 一般说来 | 一般說來 | yī bān shuō lái | yi1 ban1 shuo1 lai2 | generally speaking; in general | | |
| 23 | 说服 | 說服 | shuō fú | shuo1 fu2 | to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2] | | |
| 24 | 一说 | 一說 | yī shuō | yi1 shuo1 | an expression of opinion; according to some | | |
| 25 | 一般来说 | 一般來說 | yī bān lái shuō | yi1 ban1 lai2 shuo1 | generally speaking | | |