shuō 说 speak

yán

speech

shuō-bú-dìng
说不定

aux.

perhaps; maybe

shuō-bú-shàng
说不上

v.

canno say; cannot tell / not worth mentioning

shuō-fǎ
说法

n.

way of saying a thing; statement; version

shuō-fú
说服

v.

persuade; convince

shuō-huà
说话

v.

speak; talk

shuō-míng
说明

v. / n.

explain; illustrate / explanation; directions

shuō-xiào
说笑

v.

chatting and laughing

chuán-shuō
传说

n.

it is said; legend

jù-shuō
据说

v.

allegedly; they say

nán-shuō
难说

v. / adj.

to be hard to say

xué-shuō
学说

n.

theory; doctrine

shuō-lái-huà-cháng
说来话长
it’s a long story

shuō-yī-bú-èr
说一不二
be true to one’s words; play the tyrant