说

shuō

to speak; to talk; to say

to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說|说[shuo1]

speech (讠) + exchange (兑) = to speak

兑 mainly provides the sound shuō, while the speech radical 讠 carries the core meaning. This common pairing creates one of Chinese's most fundamental verbs for verbal expression.

讠+兑→说
兑SpeakingPhonetic
讠SpeechSemantic

她说今天天气很好。

tā shuō jīn tiān tiān qì hěn hǎo。

She said the weather is very nice today.

老师说了他好几次,他才认真听课。

lǎo shī shuō le tā hǎo jǐ cì, tā cái rèn zhēn tīng kè。

Only after the teacher told him off several times did he start listening to the lesson seriously.

Words with 说

严格来说

yán gé lái shuō

strictly speaking

说了算

shuō le suàn

to have the final say

说道

shuō dào

to state

说道

shuō dao

to discuss

述说

shù shuō

to recount; to narrate; to give an account of

说真的

shuō zhēn de

to tell the truth

说明书

shuō míng shū

(technical) manual

难说

nán shuō

hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict)

小说家

xiǎo shuō jiā

novelist

诉说

sù shuō

to recount

有说有笑

yǒu shuō yǒu xiào

talking and laughing

游说

yóu shuì

to lobby

More characters with 讠

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