说 shuō▶ hablar

Stroke order

说 is written in 9 strokes.

• 说

Senses

1. to speak; to talk; to say
2. to explain; to comment
3. to scold; to tell off
4. (bound form) theory; doctrine

Example sentences

• 他会说汉语。Tā huì shuō Hànyǔ.He can speak Chinese.
• 请说一点儿汉语。Qǐng shuō yīdiǎnr Hànyǔ.Please speak a little Chinese.

Related words

• 说话hablar
• 小说Novela
• 说明Explicar
• 传说Leyenda
• 据说supuestamente; se dice
• 胡说Tonterías

说 is pronounced shuō and means “hablar”. HSK 1 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 说 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.