說
shuōshuìyuè HSK1

speak

说 (說) shuō frequency
say verb
to speak, talk, or express thoughts and information in words

他没说他什么时候来。

tā méi shuō tā shén​me shí​hou lái.

He didn't say when he was coming.

explain verb
to explain, interpret, or comment on a situation or topic

你能说一下其中的理由吗？

nǐ néng shuō yī​xià qí​zhōng de lǐ​yóu ma?

Can you tell me the reason for it?

scold verb
to reprimand, criticize, or tell someone off for a mistake

他又因为迟到被老师说了。

tā yòu yīn​wèi chí​dào bèi lǎo​shī shuō le.

He was scolded by the teacher again for being late.

theory noun
a formal doctrine, theory, or specific school of thought (often as a bound form)

这就是著名的日心说。

zhè jiù shì zhù​míng de rì​xīn shuō.

This is the famous heliocentric theory.

说 (說) shuì
persuade verb
to persuade

他四处游说，希望争取更多选票。

tā sì​chù yóu shuì, xī​wàng zhēng​qǔ gèng duō xuǎn​piào.

He lobbied everywhere, hoping to win more votes.

说 (說) yuè
happy verb
to feel happy or pleased (an archaic form of 悦 yuè)

学而时习之，不亦说乎？

xué ér shí xí zhī, bù yì yuè hū?

Is it not a pleasure to learn and practice what you have learned from time to time?

Frequency
Character
Written text
24th most common 4521.8 per million
Movie subtitles
25th most common 6017.0 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6765.4 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
2813.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
说
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+8AAA

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)