说明
shuō​míng HSK2

explain

说明 (說明) shuō​míng
explain verb
to make something clear or understandable through words or illustrations

请向大家说明一下这个项目的进展情况。

qǐng xiàng dà​jiā shuō​míng yī​xià zhè​ge xiàng​mù de jìn​zhǎn qíng​kuàng.

Please explain the progress of this project to everyone.

explanation noun
a statement or text that explains; directions or a caption

他仔细阅读了说明书上的使用说明。

tā zǐ​xì yuè​dú le shuō​míng​shū shàng de shǐ​yòng shuō​míng.

He carefully read the instructions in the manual.

indicate verb
to show, prove, or serve as evidence of something

数据说明，今年的销售额有所增长。

shù​jù shuō​míng, jīn​nián de xiāo​shòu'é yǒu​suǒ zēng​zhǎng.

The data indicates that sales have increased this year.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
88.0 per million appears in 30% of films
Written text
138.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)