说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
说明
shuōmíng
to explain; to show
Characters in this word
明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请说明一下。 Qǐng shuōmíng yíxià. Please explain it.
- 他来说明情况。 Tā lái shuōmíng qíngkuàng. He came to explain the situation.
- 这说明他很忙。 Zhè shuōmíng tā hěn máng. This shows he is very busy.
Related words
- 说 shuō to say, to speak
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 比如说 bǐrúshuō for example
- 听说 tīngshuō to hear that
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel
- 传说 chuánshuō legend
- 据说 jùshuō it is said that
- 说不定 shuōbudìng maybe
- 说服 shuōfú to persuade
- 一般来说 yìbānláishuō generally speaking
- 说法 shuōfǎ way of saying something
- 明白 míngbai to understand; clear