說
shuōshuìyuè HSK1

speak

说 說 shuō frequency
variant 説
to say verb
to say; to speak; to talk; to express in words

我不知道说些什么好。

wǒ bù​zhī​dào shuō xiē shén​me hǎo.

I don't know what to say.

他说他每晚都去那儿。

tā shuō tā měi wǎn dōu qù nà​r.

He says he goes there every night.

storytelling noun
(in oral performing arts) to perform through speech; to narrate
to explain verb
to explain; to illustrate; to clarify a point or reasoning

谁能说清不同点？

shéi néng shuō qīng bù​tóng diǎn?

Who can tell the difference?

to refer to verb
to refer to; to mean; to indicate a particular person or thing

你是说我丈夫？

nǐ shì shuō wǒ zhàng​fu?

You mean my husband?

“你是说身体上的还是心理上的？”

“ nǐ shì shuō shēn​tǐ shang de hái​shi xīn​lǐ shang de?”

“Do you mean physically or mentally?”

to scold
to scold; to criticize; to tell someone off
theory
(bound form) theory; doctrine; teachings; a particular system of thought
to act as matchmaker
to act as a matchmaker; to introduce or arrange a marriage
说 說 shuì
variant 説
to persuade verb
to persuade; to try to win someone over to one's point of view

看看能不能说服我。

kàn​kan néng​bu​néng shuì fú wǒ.

See if you can convince me.

说 說 yuè
variant 説
pleased
(literary) pleased; happy; delighted; used as an ancient form of 悦 yuè
surname
a Chinese surname

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)