说

Traditional (Taiwan): 說

On the HSK 1 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

shuō ㄕㄨㄛ

    • to speak to talk to say
    • to explain to comment
    • to scold to tell off
    • theory doctrine

      bound form

    • (in 对…来说) as far as … is concerned; for; to

Classifiers (measure words)

to speak

Usually

Less often

to scold

Other words read shuō

shuo with other tones

  • 数 shuò frequently
  • 硕 shuò large
  • 朔 shuò beginning
  • 搠 shuò daub
  • 烁 shuò bright

All 13 words read shuo in any tone

shuì ㄕㄨㄟˋ

    • to persuade

Other words read shuì

In the same tone

  • 睡 shuì sleep
  • 税 shuì taxes
  • 帨 shuì handkerchief

shui with other tones

  • 水 shuǐ water
  • 氵 shuǐ "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 没 méi, 法 fǎ, 流 liú etc

All 6 words read shui in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 说

    部首 radical
    讠
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 7 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    讠兑
    形旁 meaning
    讠
    声旁 sound
    兑

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