说
說HSK 1freq #19
Meanings
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- 1.to speak; to talk; to say
- 2.to explain; to comment
- 3.to scold; to tell off
- 4.(bound form) theory; doctrine
- 1.variant of 说[shuō]
- 1.to persuade
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Wiktionary
- 1.joy; to be happy
- 2.pleased; contented; gratified
- 3.to be pleasing to
- 4.to like; to love
- 5.to take off (clothes); to peel off; to strip
- 6.to get away from; to escape; to leave; to avoid
- 7.to leave out; to miss; to omit
- 8.rapid; swift; fast
- 9.unaffected; free; at ease
- 10.if; in case
- 11.to collapse; to pass out; to fall in a faint
- 12.and
- 13.Used to indicate a negative outcome to a verb.
- 14.Classifier for generations.
- 15.Classifier for sets of clothing.
- 16.a surname
- 17.used in 脫脫／脱脱 (“carefree”)
- 18.to slip out of place
- 19.to misstep
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *lod, *lod): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 兌 (OC *l'oːds). Often written as 說 in pre-Qin texts. STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lot (“free; release; slip; dislocate”). Cognate with 愉 (OC *lo, “happy; pleased”), 說 (OC *hljods, “to speak; to explain”), 脫 (OC *l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd, “to take off (clothes); to escape”), 偷 (OC *l̥ʰoː, “to steal”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我能说。
I'm able to speak.
说大声点。
Speak a little louder.
我不能说。
I can't say.
用英语说。
Say it in English.
说得也是。
That's true as well.
那样说得通。
It makes sense.
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Derived terms
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