Dictionary - results for 说

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
说	說	shuì	- to persuade
说	說	shuō	- to speak - to say - to explain - to scold - to tell off - a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
一说	一說	yīshuō	- (way of) saying (sth) - statement - argument - theory
且说	且說	qiěshuō	- thus
乱说	亂說	luànshuō	- to talk drivel - to make irresponsible remarks
来说	來說	láishuō	- to have one's say - to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) - now we come to talk about it, ...
假说	假說	jiǎshuō	- hypothesis
傅说	傅說	FùShuō	- Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
传说	傳說	chuánshuō	- legend - folklore - tradition - it is said - they say that...
再说	再說	zàishuō	- to say again - to put off a discussion until later - moreover - what's more - besides
分说	分說	fēnshuō	- to explain (the difference)
剿说	剿說	chāoshuō	- to plagiarize
劝说	勸說	quànshuō	- to persuade - persuasion - to advise
好说	好說	hǎoshuō	- you're too kind (humble) - with pleasure! (indicating agreement) - easy to handle
妄说	妄說	wàngshuō	- to talk irresponsibly - ridiculous presumption talk
学说	學說	xuéshuō	- theory - doctrine
小说	小說	xiǎoshuō	- novel - fiction - CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
愣说	愣說	lèngshuō	- to insist - to allege - to assert
慢说	慢說	mànshuō	- not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
成说	成說	chéngshuō	- accepted theory or formulation
戏说	戲說	xìshuō	- 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
按说	按說	ànshuō	- in the ordinary course of events - ordinarily - normally
推说	推說	tuīshuō	- to plead - to claim as an excuse
据说	據說	jùshuō	- it is said that - reportedly
浅说	淺說	qiǎnshuō	- simple introduction - primer
演说	演說	yǎnshuō	- speech - to deliver a speech
漫说	漫說	mànshuō	- not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
照说	照說	zhàoshuō	- normally - ordinarily speaking
申说	申說	shēnshuō	- to state - to assert
异说	異說	yìshuō	- different opinion - dissident view - absurd remark
众说	眾說	zhòngshuō	- various ideas - diverse opinions
瞎说	瞎說	xiāshuō	- to talk drivel - to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact - not to know what one is talking about
称说	稱說	chēngshuō	- to declare - to state - to call - to name
细说	細說	xìshuō	- to tell in detail
絮说	絮說	xùshuō	- to chatter endlessly
声说	聲說	shēngshuō	- to narrate
听说	聽說	tīngshuō	- to hear (sth said) - one hears (that) - hearsay - listening and speaking
胡说	胡說	húshuō	- to talk nonsense - drivel
要说	要說	yàoshuō	- as for - when it comes to
见说	見說	jiànshuō	- to hear what was said
解说	解說	jiěshuō	- to explain - to comment
诉说	訴說	sùshuō	- to tell sb
评说	評說	píngshuō	- to comment - to evaluate
话说	話說	huàshuō	- It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) - to discuss - to recount
说上	說上	shuōshàng	- to say - to speak - to talk
说出	說出	shuōchū	- to speak out - to declare (one's view)
说动	說動	shuōdòng	- to persuade
说合	說合	shuōhé	- to bring together - to mediate - to arrange a deal
说唱	說唱	shuōchàng	- speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞\|弹词[tan2 ci2] and 相聲\|相声[xiang4 sheng5] - (music) rapping
说嘴	說嘴	shuōzuǐ	- to boast
说好	說好	shuōhǎo	- to come to an agreement - to complete negotiations
说媒	說媒	shuōméi	- matchmaking
说定	說定	shuōdìng	- to agree on - to settle on
说客	說客	shuìkè	- (old) itinerant political adviser - (fig.) lobbyist - go-between - mouthpiece - also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
说帖	說帖	shuōtiě	- memorandum - note (i.e. written statement)
说情	說情	shuōqíng	- to intercede - to plead for sb else
说摞	說摞	shuōluò	- to confess - to let out the truth (colloquial)
说教	說教	shuōjiào	- to preach
说文	說文	Shuōwén	- see 說文解字\|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4]
说明	說明	shuōmíng	- to explain - to illustrate - to indicate - to show - to prove - explanation - directions - caption - CL:個\|个[ge4]
说书	說書	shuōshū	- folk art consisting of story-telling to music
说服	說服	shuōfú	- to persuade - to convince - to talk sb over - Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
说法	說法	shuōfǎ	- to expound Buddhist teachings
说法	說法	shuōfa	- way of speaking - wording - formulation - one's version (of events) - statement - theory - hypothesis - interpretation
说理	說理	shuōlǐ	- to reason - to argue logically
说破	說破	shuōpò	- to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) - to reveal
说笑	說笑	shuōxiào	- to chat and laugh - to crack jokes - to banter
说亲	說親	shuōqīn	- to act as a matchmaker
说话	說話	shuōhuà	- to speak - to say - to talk - to gossip - to tell stories - talk - word
说说	說說	shuōshuo	- to say sth
说谎	說謊	shuōhuǎng	- to lie - to tell an untruth
说起	說起	shuōqǐ	- to mention - to bring up (a subject) - with regard to - as for
说辞	說辭	shuōcí	- excuse - pretext - entreaties - arguments
说通	說通	shuōtōng	- to get sb to understand - to persuade
说道	說道	shuōdào	- to state - to say (the quoted words)
说道	說道	shuōdao	- to discuss - reason (behind sth)
辩说	辯說	biànshuō	- to debate - to argue
述说	述說	shùshuō	- to recount - to narrate - to give an account of
游说	遊說	yóushuì	- to lobby - to campaign - to promote (an idea, a product) - (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
邪说	邪說	xiéshuō	- harmful teachings - evil doctrine
陈说	陳說	chénshuō	- to state - to assert
虽说	雖說	suīshuō	- though - although
杂说	雜說	záshuō	- scattered essays - various opinions - different manners of speaking
不好说	不好說	bùhǎoshuō	- hard to say - unpleasant to say - can't be sure
不待说	不待說	bùdàishuō	- needless to say - it goes without saying
且不说	且不說	qiěbùshuō	- not to mention - leaving aside
俗话说	俗話說	súhuàshuō	- as the proverb says - as they say...
地心说	地心說	dìxīnshuō	- geocentric theory
小小说	小小說	xiǎoxiǎoshuō	- flash fiction
小说家	小說家	Xiǎoshuōjiā	- School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家\|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
小说家	小說家	xiǎoshuōjiā	- novelist
就是说	就是說	jiùshìshuō	- in other words - that is
戏说剧	戲說劇	xìshuōjù	- period costume drama (on TV)
按理说	按理說	ànlǐshuō	- it is reasonable to say that...
日心说	日心說	rìxīnshuō	- heliocentric theory - the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
比方说	比方說	bǐfangshuō	- for example - for instance
没得说	沒得說	méideshuō	- really good - excellent
没说的	沒說的	méishuōde	- really good
游说团	游說團	yóushuìtuán	- lobby group
浑天说	渾天說	húntiānshuō	- geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy
演说者	演說者	yǎnshuōzhě	- orator - speaker
灾变说	災變說	zāibiànshuō	- catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)
燃素说	燃素說	ránsùshuō	- phlogiston theory
众说郛	眾說郛	zhòngshuōfú	- hub for diverse opinions
老实说	老實說	lǎoshíshuō	- honestly speaking - to be frank, ...
解说员	解說員	jiěshuōyuán	- commentator
解说词	解說詞	jiěshuōcí	- a commentary
说不上	說不上	shuōbushàng	- to be unable to say or tell - to not be worth mentioning
说不出	說不出	shuōbuchū	- unable to say
说不定	說不定	shuōbudìng	- can't say for sure - maybe
说不准	說不準	shuōbùzhǔn	- unable to say - can't say precisely
说不通	說不通	shuōbùtōng	- it does not make sense
说了算	說了算	shuōlesuàn	- to have the final say - to be the one in charge
说实话	說實話	shuōshíhuà	- to speak the truth - truth to tell - frankly
说废话	說廢話	shuōfèihuà	- to talk nonsense - to bullshit
说得上	說得上	shuōdeshàng	- can be counted or regarded as - to be able to tell or answer - to deserve mention
说明书	說明書	shuōmíngshū	- (technical) manual - (book of) directions - synopsis (of a play or film) - CL:本[ben3]
说明会	說明會	shuōmínghuì	- information meeting
说服力	說服力	shuōfúlì	- persuasiveness
说溜嘴	說溜嘴	shuōliūzuǐ	- to make a slip of the tongue
说白了	說白了	shuōbáile	- to speak frankly
说着玩	說著玩	shuōzhewán	- to say sth for fun - to be kidding - to joke around
说谎者	說謊者	shuōhuǎngzhě	- liar
游戏说	遊戲說	yóuxìshuō	- theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
非小说	非小說	fēixiǎoshuō	- non-fiction
一般来说	一般來說	yībānláishuō	- generally speaking
一般说来	一般說來	yībānshuōlái	- generally speaking - in general
不由分说	不由分說	bùyóufēnshuō	- to allow no explanation
不说自明	不說自明	bùshuōzìmíng	- self-explanatory - self-evident (idiom)
世说新语	世說新語	ShìshuōXīnyǔ	- A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶\|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]
中篇小说	中篇小說	zhōngpiānxiǎoshuō	- novella
也就是说	也就是說	yějiùshìshuō	- in other words - that is to say - so - thus
二话不说	二話不說	èrhuàbùshuō	- not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection - without demur
什么好说	什麼好說	shénmehǎoshuō	- sth pertinent to say
但说无妨	但說無妨	dànshuōwúfáng	- there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
信口胡说	信口胡說	xìnkǒuhúshuō	- to speak without thinking - to blurt sth out
光说不做	光說不做	guāngshuōbùzuò	- all talk and no action (idiom) - to preach what one does not practice
光说不练	光說不練	guāngshuōbùliàn	- all talk and no action (idiom) - to preach what one does not practice - same as 光說不做\|光说不做[guang1 shuo1 bu4 zuo4]
具体说明	具體說明	jùtǐshuōmíng	- explicit explanation - to specify
反过来说	反過來說	fǎnguòláishuō	- on the other hand
古今小说	古今小說	GǔjīnXiǎoshuō	- Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍\|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話\|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620
只说不做	只說不做	zhǐshuōbùzuò	- to be all talk and no action
史传小说	史傳小說	shǐzhuànxiǎoshuō	- historical novel
严格来说	嚴格來說	yángéláishuō	- strictly speaking
图解说明	圖解說明	tújiěshuōmíng	- illustrate
太极图说	太極圖說	TàijíTúshuō	- philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤\|周敦颐[Zhou1 Dun1 yi2], starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes
好说歹说	好說歹說	hǎoshuōdǎishuō	- to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom) - to reason with sb in every way possible
实话实说	實話實說	shíhuàshíshuō	- to tell the truth - to tell it as it is
对我来说	對我來說	duìwǒláishuō	- as far as I'm concerned
少说为佳	少說為佳	shǎoshuōwéijiā	- Few words are best. - Brevity is the soul of wit.
就职演说	就職演說	jiùzhíyǎnshuō	- inaugural speech
影射小说	影射小說	yǐngshèxiǎoshuō	- roman à clef
微型小说	微型小說	wēixíngxiǎoshuō	- flash fiction
换句话说	換句話說	huànjùhuàshuō	- in other words
是啥说啥	是啥說啥	shìsháshuōshá	- call a spade a spade (idiom)
有话快说	有話快說	yǒuhuàkuàishuō	- spit it out!
有话要说	有話要說	yǒuhuàyàoshuō	- to speak one's mind
有说有笑	有說有笑	yǒushuōyǒuxiào	- talking and laughing - to jest - cheerful and lively
有说服力	有說服力	yǒushuōfúlì	- convincing
横说竖说	橫說豎說	héngshuōshùshuō	- to explain sth over and over again - to repeat
武侠小说	武俠小說	wǔxiáxiǎoshuō	- a martial arts (wuxia) novel
民间传说	民間傳說	mínjiānchuánshuō	- popular tradition - folk legend
游说团体	游說團體	yóushuìtuántǐ	- lobby group
无话可说	無話可說	wúhuàkěshuō	- to have nothing to say (idiom)
现身说法	現身說法	xiànshēnshuōfǎ	- to talk from one's personal experience - to use oneself as an example
痴人说梦	痴人說夢	chīrénshuōmèng	- lunatic ravings - nonsense - pipe dream
众说纷揉	眾說紛揉	zhòngshuōfēnróu	- lit. diverse opinions confused and divided (idiom); opinions differ - controversial matters
众说纷纭	眾說紛紜	zhòngshuōfēnyún	- opinions differ (idiom)
短篇小说	短篇小說	duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō	- narrative - short story
神魔小说	神魔小說	shénmóxiǎoshuō	- supernatural novel - novel of ghosts and goblins
科幻小说	科幻小說	kēhuànxiǎoshuō	- science fiction novel
章回小说	章回小說	zhānghuíxiǎoshuō	- novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
简单地说	簡單地說	jiǎndāndeshuō	- to put it simply - simply put
总的来说	總的來說	zǒngdeláishuō	- generally speaking - to sum up - in summary - in short
总体上说	總體上說	zǒngtǐshàngshuō	- looking at the big picture - all in all - all things considered
胡说八道	胡說八道	húshuōbādào	- to talk rubbish
胡诌乱说	胡謅亂說	húzhōuluànshuō	- to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
能说会道	能說會道	néngshuōhuìdào	- can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
脉轮学说	脈輪學說	màilúnxuéshuō	- theory of Chakra in Indian yoga and Tibetan Buddhism
自不必说	自不必說	zìbùbìshuō	- to not need dwell on (idiom)
举例来说	舉例來說	jǔlìláishuō	- for example
色情小说	色情小說	sèqíngxiǎoshuō	- pornographic novel - dirty book
著书立说	著書立說	zhùshūlìshuō	- to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
虚构小说	虛構小說	xūgòuxiǎoshuō	- fiction
言情小说	言情小說	yánqíngxiǎoshuō	- romantic fiction
话说回来	話說回來	huàshuōhuílai	- returning to our main topic,... - that said,... - again,... - in this connection - in passing - nevertheless,... - anyhow
说一不二	說一不二	shuōyībùèr	- to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
说三道四	說三道四	shuōsāndàosì	- to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) - to criticize - gossip
说来话长	說來話長	shuōláihuàcháng	- start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
说到做到	說到做到	shuōdàozuòdào	- to be as good as one's word (idiom) - to keep one's promise
说岳全传	說岳全傳	ShuōYuèQuánzhuàn	- "The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛\|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]
说文解字	說文解字	ShuōwénJiězì	- Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎\|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in 2nd century
说着玩儿	說著玩兒	shuōzhewánr	- erhua variant of 說著玩\|说着玩[shuo1 zhe5 wan2]
说葡萄酸	說葡萄酸	shuōpútaosuān	- sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) - lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
说话算数	說話算數	shuōhuàsuànshù	- to keep one's promise - to mean what one says
说话算话	說話算話	shuōhuàsuànhuà	- to do as promised - to be as good as one's word - to honor one's word - to mean what one says
说说而已	說說而已	shuōshuōéryǐ	- nothing serious - just hot air
说长道短	說長道短	shuōchángdàoduǎn	- lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
说风凉话	說風涼話	shuōfēngliánghuà	- to sneer - to make cynical remarks - sarcastic talk
谈天说地	談天說地	tántiānshuōdì	- to talk endlessly - talking of anything under the sun
谈情说爱	談情說愛	tánqíngshuōài	- to discuss passion and talk of love (idiom); to express love with terms of endearment - billing and cooing
谴责小说	譴責小說	qiǎnzéxiǎoshuō	- novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 鲁迅 classification)
通俗小说	通俗小說	tōngsúxiǎoshuō	- popular fiction - light literature
游说集团	遊說集團	yóushuìjítuán	- lobby group
道听途说	道聽途說	dàotīngtúshuō	- gossip - hearsay - rumor
郢书燕说	郢書燕說	YǐngshūYānshuō	- lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it - fig. to misinterpret the original meaning - to pile up errors - refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
长篇小说	長篇小說	chángpiānxiǎoshuō	- long novel
长话短说	長話短說	chánghuàduǎnshuō	- to make a long story short (idiom)
再活化假说	再活化假說	zàihuóhuàjiǎshuō	- reactivation hypothesis
常言说得好	常言說得好	chángyánshuōdehǎo	- as the saying goes - as they say...
招股说明书	招股說明書	zhāogǔshuōmíngshū	- prospectus
有苦说不出	有苦說不出	yǒukǔshuōbuchū	- having unspeakable bitter suffering - (often used after 啞巴吃黃連\|哑巴吃黄连[ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2])
极短篇小说	極短篇小說	jíduǎnpiānxiǎoshuō	- flash fiction
海底扩张说	海底擴張說	hǎidǐkuòzhāngshuō	- theory of seafloor spreading (geology)
空口说白话	空口說白話	kōngkǒushuōbáihuà	- to make empty promises
话又说回来	話又說回來	huàyòushuōhuílai	- returning to our main topic,... - that said,... - again,... - in this connection - in passing - nevertheless,... - anyhow
说不出话来	說不出話來	shuōbùchūhuàlái	- speechless
说文解字注	說文解字註	ShuōwénJiězìZhù	- Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁[Duan4 Yu4 cai2]
说话不当话	說話不當話	shuōhuàbùdànghuà	- to fail to keep to one's word - to break a promise
说话要算数	說話要算數	shuōhuàyàosuànshù	- promises must be kept
达尔文学说	達爾文學說	Dáěrwénxuéshuō	- Darwinism
非洲单源说	非洲單源說	Fēizhōudānyuánshuō	- single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
中国小说史略	中國小說史略	ZhōngguóXiǎoshuōShǐlüè	- Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 鲁迅
科技惊悚小说	科技驚悚小說	kējìjīngsǒngxiǎoshuō	- techno-thriller novel - science fiction thriller
打开天窗说亮话	打開天窗說亮話	dǎkāitiānchuāngshuōliànghuà	- not to mince words - not to beat about the bush
站着说话不腰疼	站著說話不腰疼	zhànzheshuōhuàbùyāoténg	- it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom) - to be an armchair expert - to blabber on
说时迟，那时快	說時遲，那時快	shuōshíchí,nàshíkuài	- (idiom) no sooner said than done - before you know it
说曹操曹操就到	說曹操曹操就到	shuōCáoCāoCáoCāojiùdào	- lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives - fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸	吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸	chībùdàopútaoshuōpútaosuān	- sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) - lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出	啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出	yǎbachīhuánglián,yǒukǔshuōbuchū	- to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) - unable to speak of one's bitter suffering - sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出\|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
走自己的路，让人家去说	走自己的路，讓人家去說	zǒuzìjǐdelù,ràngrénjiāqùshuō	- Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) - Do it my way.
一部二十四史，不知从何说起	一部二十四史，不知從何說起	yībùèrshísìshǐ,bùzhīcónghéshuōqǐ	- It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
说是一回事，做又是另外一回事	說是一回事，做又是另外一回事	shuōshìyīhuíshì,zuòyòushìlìngwàiyīhuíshì	- Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)
说是一回事，而做又是另外一回事	說是一回事，而做又是另外一回事	shuōshìyīhuíshì,érzuòyòushìlìngwàiyīhuíshì	- see 說是一回事，做又是另外一回事\|说是一回事，做又是另外一回事[shuo1 shi4 yi1 hui2 shi4 , zuo4 you4 shi4 ling4 wai4 yi1 hui2 shi4]