说辞 shuōcí excuse Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents shuōcí excuse · rhetoric 说 說 shuō verb to say to say; to speak; to talk; to express in words辞 辭 cí nounverb word (bound form) Language; diction; speech; a statement or phraseshuōcí persuasion 说 說 shuì verb to persuade to persuade; to try to win someone over to one's point of view辞 辭 cí nounverb word (bound form) Language; diction; speech; a statement or phrase