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
说不上
shuōbushàng
unable to say; cannot be considered
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这部纪录片的叙事结构很特别，我一时说不上它到底打动我哪里。 Zhè bù jìlùpiàn de xùshì jiégòu hěn tèbié, wǒ yìshí shuōbushàng tā dàodǐ dǎdòng wǒ nǎlǐ. The narrative structure of this documentary is very unusual, and for the moment I cannot quite say what exactly moved me.
- 这道菜的味道我说不上来，反正挺好吃的。 Zhè dào cài de wèidào wǒ shuōbushàng lái, fǎnzheng tǐng hǎochī de. I can't quite put my finger on the flavor of this dish, but it's delicious anyway.
- 他到底喜欢谁，邻居们谁也说不上。 Tā dàodǐ xǐhuān shéi, línjūmen shéi yě shuōbushàng. None of the neighbors can say for sure whom he really likes.
Related words
- 说 shuō to say, to speak
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 比如说 bǐrúshuō for example
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 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