IDENTITY
说shuōto speak; to say
HSK 1Top 18
CORE MEANING
to speak; to say
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to sayHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠兑
- speech radical
- gives the sound shuō (historical)
USAGE
Common words
说话shuōhuàto talk
小说xiǎoshuōnovel
说明shuōmíngto explain
Graded examples
请再说一遍。Qǐng zài shuō yí biàn.HSK1
Please say it again.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 话
- 悦
LEARNING
Memory aid
Words (讠) exchanged (兑) — speaking.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #18
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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