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to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *说* | 说* | *说
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *说* | 说* | *说
variant of 說|说
HSK 1
to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking
HSK 2
novel / fiction / CL: ,
HSK 2
for example
HSK 2
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
it is said that; reportedly
HSK 3
to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
HSK 4
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
generally speaking
HSK 4
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
HSK 6
to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides
HSK 6
in other words / that is to say
HSK 6
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
HSK 6
in other words; that is
HSK 6
to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
HSK 7-9
to discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
theory / doctrine
HSK 7-9
speech / to deliver a speech
HSK 7-9
to lie / to tell an untruth
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
HSK 7-9
to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning
HSK 7-9
though / although
HSK 7-9
easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
HSK 7-9
to intercede / to plead for sb else
HSK 7-9
to persuade / persuasion / to advise
HSK 7-9
to talk nonsense / drivel
HSK 7-9
(coll.) nothing to pick on; really good / (coll.) nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
HSK 7-9
needless to say; it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
in the final analysis / in the end
HSK 7-9
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
HSK 7-9
as the proverb says / as they say...
HSK 7-9
to do what needs to be done, without delay
HSK 7-9
to have nothing to say (idiom)
HSK 7-9
it is reasonable to say that...
HSK 7-9
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
to chat / to gossip
HSK 7-9
if / if one were to say
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / to tell it as it is
HSK 7-9
in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
HSK 7-9
to speak frankly
HSK 7-9
for example
HSK 7-9
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
to debate; to argue
to act as a matchmaker
to state / to say (the quoted words)
to chatter endlessly
not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
to chat about this and that / to talk about anything and everything
all talk and no action (idiom) / to preach what one does not practice / same as 光說不做|光说不做
looking at the big picture / all in all / all things considered
"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞
hypothesis
Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎 in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries
to speak out / to declare (one's view)
(old) works of literature, including novels, plays etc
It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss; to recount
to do as promised / to be as good as one's word / to honor one's word / to mean what one says
to be all talk and no action
speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词 and 相聲|相声 / (music) rapping
to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
(old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
as far as I'm concerned
excuse / pretext / entreaties / arguments
lunatic ravings; nonsense
to speak of / to refer to
to speak plainly; to speak one's mind; to say directly
to reason / to argue logically
to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation
opinions differ (idiom)
to come to an agreement / to complete negotiations
to recount; to narrate; to give an account of
to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
to preach
to tell in detail
to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter
cannot be justified / inexcusable
to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for
accepted theory or formulation
dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
folk art consisting of storytelling to music
to be unmentionable / be unspeakable / must / cannot but
to allow no explanation
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙, collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话 tales published in 1620
to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) / to criticize / gossip
to agree on / to settle on
to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship
can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

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