• Pinyin: shuō
  English Definition: 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)
  Chinese Definition:
  ①用话来表达意思：说话。说明。演说。解说。
  ②介绍：说合(ａ．从中介绍；b．商议；c．说和。“合”均读轻声)。说媒。
  ③言论，主张：学说。著书立说。
  ④责备：数说。
  ⑤文体的一种，如韩愈的《师说》。
  ⑥道讲谈叙。
  Example Words:

  说明	shuō míng	to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; Classifiers: 个	HSK 4
  小说	xiǎo shuō	novel; fiction; Classifiers: 本	HSK 4
  说话	shuō huà	to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word	HSK 2
  听说	tīng shuō	to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking	HSK 1
  说法	shuō fa	way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

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• Pinyin: shuì
  English Definition: to persuade
  Chinese Definition:
  ①用话劝说别人，使他听从自己的意见：游说。
  ②道讲谈叙。
  Example Words:

  游说	yóu shuì	to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
  说客	shuì kè	(old) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece; also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
  游说集团	yóu shuì jí tuán	lobby group
  四出游说	sì chū yóu shuì	barnstorm (idiom)
  游说团	yóu shuì tuán	lobby group

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