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Meaning of 说

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(Trad.: 說)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (speech) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
    • [ duì ] cash, check; to exchange
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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HSK 4 shuō míng to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; Classifiers:
小说HSK 4 xiǎo shuō novel; fiction; Classifiers:
说话HSK 2 shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
听说HSK 1 tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
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 (old) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece; also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
游说集团 yóu shuì tuán lobby group
四出游说 chū yóu shuì barnstorm (idiom)
游说团 yóu shuì tuán lobby group
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Example Sentences
1
I can speak Chinese
2
I can speak English.
3
She can speak Chinese.
4
She enjoys reading novels.
5
Mom said come in for dinner.