说/說 shuō — 用话来表达意思

义项

1. 1

   用话来表达意思

   To produce speech. 说 can introduce reported words (他说他明天来) or take a language as its object (说汉语). To talk in general, without naming what is said, use the pair 说话.

   verb
2. 2

   使用某种语言

   verb

字形拆解

• 说/說

  shuō (first tone, high and level)

  to speak, to say, to talk; to explain; to tell off (colloquial)

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例句

• 请说汉语。/請說漢語。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) shuō (first tone, high and level) Hànyǔ. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Please speak Chinese.

• 他说他明天来。/他說他明天來。Tā (first tone, high and level) shuō (first tone, high and level) tā (first tone, high and level) míngtiān (second tone, rising) lái. (second tone, rising)···

  He says he’s coming tomorrow.

常见错误

• 不太对我想说话汉语。

  正确我想说汉语。

  说话 already contains its object 话 ("words"), so nothing else can follow it. When you name the language, use 说 on its own.

近义词

含“说”的词

• 说话/說話shuōhuà (first tone, high and level)用语言表达意思