说

• 拼音: shuō
• 汉字拆解: 说 = 讠(speech radical) + 兑 (exchange, phonetic component)

含义

To say; to speak; to tell. One of the most fundamental verbs in Chinese.

Extremely versatile — used for quoting speech, reporting information, expressing opinions, and more. Appears in many common compounds such as 说话 (to talk), 说明 (to explain), and 听说 (to hear that). Can take both direct and indirect speech.

例句

1. 老师说明天不上课。
2. 你说什么？
3. 他说他很忙。

用法指南

语境: communication, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请你再说一次。(Please say it again.)
• 她说得很对。(What she said is correct.)

错误说法

• 他说了我一个故事。(Wrong structure — say 他给我讲了一个故事; use 讲 for telling stories, and add the indirect object with 给)

起源与历史

The character combines 讠(speech radical, simplified from 言) and 兑 (to exchange), suggesting the exchange of words.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal