shuō

to speak; to say

Type: VerbsHSK 1
Character origin

Radical 讠 (speech) + 兑 (to exchange, phonetic). To speak is to trade sounds for words.

Did you know?

It's the basic verb for 'to speak' and 'to say'. It marks the language spoken: '说中文' (to speak Chinese). It also appears in 说话 (shuōhuà, to talk).

Radicals it's made of
yánspeech
duìto exchange
Example sentence

他说中文。

Tā shuō Zhōngwén.

He speaks Chinese.

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