Kilo Lingo

说

shuō

Traditional: 說

HSK 1
#19 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to say, to speak

Stroke order

Stroke order for 说

说

Examples

。

He says he is very busy.

慢màn。

Please speak a bit more slowly.

慢màn慢màn。

Please speak slowly.

英yīng语yǔ。

The teacher is speaking English.

。

She did not say anything.

说 (shuō) means to say or to speak and is one of the most used verbs in Mandarin.

Related words

告诉

to tell, to inform

讲

to speak, to tell, to lecture; to negotiate

听

to listen, to hear

问

to ask, to inquire

与

with, and (formal/written), language

Appears in 5 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 说.

说话shuō huàto speak, to talk, to chat来说lái shuōspeaking of, in terms of, for (plus perspective)听说tīng shuōto hear that, I heard that再说zài shuōto say again, what's more, besides别说bié shuōdo not say; let alone

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