說

shuō

speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

How to write 說, stroke by stroke

to persuade; to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 说

Pictophonetic: semantic 言 (speech), phonetic 兌

Made of 言 + 兌

說話shuō huàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
聽說tīng shuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
再說zài shuōto say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
別說bié shuōto say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
要說yào shuōas for; when it comes to
說謊shuō huǎngto lie; to tell an untruth
說真的shuō zhēn deto tell the truth; honestly; in fact
說明shuō míngto explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption
說實話shuō shí huàto speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
說服shuō fúto persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
說不定shuō bu dìngcan't say for sure; maybe
說出shuō chūto speak out; to declare (one's view)

你不用說明的。
nǐ bú yòng shuō míng de 。
You didn't need to explain.
我就是不知道說些什麼。
wǒ jiù shì bù zhī dào shuō xiē shén mó 。
I just don't know what to say.
他很有說服力。
tā hěn yǒu shuō fú lì 。
He is convincing.
她不想跟任何人說話。
tā bù xiǎng gēn rèn hé rén shuō huà 。
She didn't want to speak to anyone.
這文章胡說八道。
zhè wén zhāng hú shuō bā dào 。
This article is nonsense.