说 (說) shuō

  1. shuō verb to say; said; to speak; to talk; speaks
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 说 means the same as 告诉. 说 is used in this sense in both modern and literary Chinese (ABC 'shuō' v 1; GHC '说' 2; Kroll 2015 '說' 1; NCCED '说' 1). For example, 她低声的说 'She said in a low voice.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176)
  2. yuè verb to relax; to enjoy; to be delighted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '说' 8; Kroll 2015 '說' yuè)
  3. shuì verb to persuade
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 劝说 or 说服 (GHC '说' 5; Kroll 2015 '說' shuì; NCCED '说' 5)
  4. shuō verb to teach; to recite; to explain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 解释 or 说明 (ABC 'shuō' v 2; GHC '说' 1; Kroll 2015 '說' 2; NCCED '说' 2) Etymology: 說，釋也。从言、兌。一曰談說。(Shuo Wen) to explain, from 言 with duì 兑 as phonetic (Norman 1988, p. 69)
  5. shuō noun a doctrine; a theory
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 学说 (ABC 'shuō' bf; GHC '说' 1; Kroll 2015 '說' 3; NCCED '说' 3)
  6. shuō verb to claim; to assert
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '说' 4; Kroll 2015 '說' 3)
  7. shuō noun allocution
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '说' 5; Kroll 2015 '說' 4)
  8. shuō verb to criticize; to scold
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'shuō' v 3; NCCED '说' 4)
  9. shuō verb to indicate; to refer to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'shuō' v 4; NCCED '说' 6)
  10. shuō verb speach; vāda
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vāda, Tibetan: smra ba, Japanese: setsu (BCSD '說', p. 1079; DJBT '說', p. 434; Mahāvyutpatti 'vādaḥ'; MW 'vāda'; SH '說', p. 429)
  11. shuō verb to speak; bhāṣate
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhāṣate (BCSD '說', p. 1079; Mahāvyutpatti 'bhāṣate'; MW 'bhāṣ'; SH '說', p. 429)
  12. shuō verb to instruct
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: deśayati, or: deśayet, or: √diś (Dhammajoti 2013, p. 39; MW 'diś')

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假说 、 一部二十四史，不知从何说起 、 傅说 、 是啥说啥 、 说动 、 称说 、 见说 、 招股说明书 、 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 、 傅说胥靡 、 有说服力

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 551
  • Scroll 5 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 547
  • Scroll 8 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 535
  • Scroll 1 Dasheng Fa Yuan Yi Lin Zhang 大乘法苑義林章 — count: 520
  • Scroll 6 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 516
  • Scroll 2 Dasheng Fa Yuan Yi Lin Zhang 大乘法苑義林章 — count: 515
  • Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 503
  • Scroll 7 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 497
  • Scroll 1 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 480
  • Scroll 9 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 453

Collocations

  • 我所说 (我所說) 我所說者 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 19
  • 如来说 (如來說) 是故如來說 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 13
  • 说颂 (說頌) 即說頌曰 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
  • 为人说 (為人說) 莫為人說 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 9
  • 说微妙 (說微妙) 而為大眾說微妙法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 说正法 (說正法) 是為如來所說正法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 8
  • 能说 (能說) 我亦能說 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
  • 分别说 (分別說) 至真善能分別說四念處 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
  • 重说 (重說) 汝可重說 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 说言 (說言) 忉利天作是說言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 4