说 (說) shuō
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shuō
verb
to say; said; to speak; to talk; speaks
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 说 means the same as 告诉. 说 is used in this sense in both modern and literary Chinese (ABC 'shuō' v 1; GHC '说' 2; Kroll 2015 '說' 1; NCCED '说' 1). For example, 她低声的说 'She said in a low voice.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176) -
yuè
verb
to relax; to enjoy; to be delighted
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '说' 8; Kroll 2015 '說' yuè) -
shuì
verb
to persuade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 劝说 or 说服 (GHC '说' 5; Kroll 2015 '說' shuì; NCCED '说' 5) -
shuō
verb
to teach; to recite; to explain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 解释 or 说明 (ABC 'shuō' v 2; GHC '说' 1; Kroll 2015 '說' 2; NCCED '说' 2) Etymology: 說,釋也。从言、兌。一曰談說。(Shuo Wen) to explain, from 言 with duì 兑 as phonetic (Norman 1988, p. 69) -
shuō
noun
a doctrine; a theory
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 学说 (ABC 'shuō' bf; GHC '说' 1; Kroll 2015 '說' 3; NCCED '说' 3) -
shuō
verb
to claim; to assert
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '说' 4; Kroll 2015 '說' 3) -
shuō
noun
allocution
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '说' 5; Kroll 2015 '說' 4) -
shuō
verb
to criticize; to scold
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'shuō' v 3; NCCED '说' 4) -
shuō
verb
to indicate; to refer to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'shuō' v 4; NCCED '说' 6)
Contained in
- 就是说(就是說) in other words; that is to say
- 说到(說到) to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for
- 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
- 游戏说(遊戲說) theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
- 自不必说(自不必說) to not need dwell on
- 慢说(慢說) not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
- 且不说(且不說) not to mention; leaving aside
- 愣说(愣說) to insist; to allege; to assert
- 小小说(小小說) flash fiction
- 岂不说(豈不說) Was it not said?
- 众说(眾說) various ideas; diverse opinions
- 漫说(漫說) not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
- 说客(說客) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece
- 举例来说(舉例來說) for example
- 言情小说(言情小說) romantic fiction
- 说定(說定) to agree on; to settle on
- 说三道四(說三道四) to make thoughtless remarks ; to criticize; gossip
- 信口胡说(信口胡說) to speak without thinking; to blurt out
- 演说家(演說家) orator
- 走自己的路,让人家去说(走自己的路,讓人家去說) Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) / Do it my way.
- 但说无妨(但說無妨) there is no harm in saying what one thinks
- 有话快说(有話快說) spit it out!
- 照说(照說) normally; ordinarily speaking
- 说时迟,那时快(說時遲,那時快) no sooner said than done; before you know it
- 述说(述說) to recount; to narrate; to give an account of
- 常言说得好(常言說得好) as the saying goes; as they say...
- 申说(申說) to state; to assert
- 说谎者(說謊者) liar
- 说不上(說不上) to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
- 说话算话(說話算話) to do as promised; to be as good as one's word; to honor one's word; to mean what one says
- 说一不二(說一不二) to say one and mean just that; to keep one's word
- 说出(說出) to speak out; to declare (one's view)
- 说帖(說帖) memorandum; note (i.e. written statement)
- 诉说(訴說) to recount; to tell of; to relate; (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
- 没说的(沒說的) really good ; no comments to add
- 见说(見說) it was said
- 说嘴(說嘴) to boast
- 说理(說理) to reason; to argue logically
- 著书立说(著書立說) to write a book advancing one's theory
- 说实话(說實話) to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
Also contained in
京本通俗小说 、 云门倒一说 、 说文 、 闭拢眼睛说假话 、 说苑 、 对一说 、 说唱文学 、 世说新语 、 太极图说 、 郢书燕说 、 把猫说成虎
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- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 143
- 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 123
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 113
- 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 109
- 第二回 Chapter 60 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 104
- 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 102
- 卷二百〇二 志第一百五十五 藝文一 Volume 202 Treatises 155: Arts and Literature 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 91
- 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 90
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 89
- 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 87
Collocations
- 公说 (公說) 公說 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 10
- 子说 (子說) 宣子說之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
- 御说 (禦說) 既而聞之曰公子禦說之辭也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
- 说甲 (說甲) 說甲于公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
- 句说 (句說) 这句说 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3
- 可说 (可說) 猶可說也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3
- 说子 (說子) 唯寡人說子之言 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
- 说骖 (說驂) 使子貢說驂而賻之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 3
- 说卒 (說卒) 宋公御說卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 说笏 (說笏) 無說笏 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 3