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shuō

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shuō Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuō | shuo1
English translation
to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid

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About shuō

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

shuō

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of shuō

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言兌

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

duì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and Duì represents the sound.

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Words with shuō

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shuì to speak shuō
说话 shuōhuà to speak說話
说明 shuōmíng to explain說明
听说 tīng shuō hearsay聽說
说道 shuō dào to state說道
说法 shuō fǎ wording說法
再说 zài shuō to say again再說
小说 xiǎoshuō novel小說
话说 huà shuō to discuss話說
据说 jùshuō reportedly據說
传说 chuánshuō legend傳說
也就是说 yě jiù shì shuō in other words也就是說
说谎 shuō huǎng to lie說謊
说服 shuōfú to persuade說服
说出 shuō chū to speak out說出
说不定 shuōbudìng maybe說不定
说说 shuō shuo to say sth說說
说实话 shuō shí huà to speak the truth說實話
胡说 húshuō drivel胡說
就是说 jiù shì shuō that is就是說
虽说 suī shuō though雖說
说好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement說好
解说 jiě shuō to explain解說
说明书 shuō míng shū (technical) manual說明書

shuō Decomposition & Compounds

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