說〔说〕 seoi³ {shuì}

to persuade

說〔说〕 seoi³ {shuō}

1. to speak
2. to say
3. to explain
4. to scold
5. to tell off
6. a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

說白〔说-〕 syut³ baak⁶ {shuō bái}

lines / speech, spoken parts in an opera; to put it bluntly / plainly

說穿〔说-〕 syut³ cyun¹ {shuō chuān}

To put it bluntly; to reveal; to disclose

說開〔说开〕 syut³ hoi¹ {shuō kāi}

speaking of; when it comes to; talking about

說客〔说-〕 {shuōkè}

1. (old) itinerant political adviser
2. (fig.) lobbyist
3. go-between
4. mouthpiece
5. also pr. [shuo1 ke4]

說服〔说-〕 {shuìfú}

1. to persuade
2. to convince
3. to talk sb over
4. Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]

說動〔说动〕 seoi³ dung⁶ {shuō dòng}

to persuade

說服〔说-〕 seoi³ fuk⁶ {shuō fú}

1. to persuade
2. to convince
3. to talk sb over
4. Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]

說親〔说亲〕 syut³ can¹ {shuō qīn}

to act as a matchmaker

說出〔说-〕 syut³ ceot¹ {shuō chū}

1. to speak out
2. to declare (one's view)

說辭〔说辞〕 syut³ ci⁴ {shuō cí}

1. excuse
2. pretext
3. entreaties
4. arguments

說情〔说-〕 syut³ cing⁴ {shuō qíng}

1. to intercede
2. to plead for sb else

說唱〔说-〕 syut³ coeng³ {shuō chàng}

1. speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞 and 相聲
2. (music) rapping

說定〔说-〕 syut³ ding⁶ {shuō dìng}

1. to agree on
2. to settle on

說道〔说-〕 syut³ dou⁶ {shuō dào}

1. to state
2. to say (the quoted words)

說道〔说-〕 syut³ dou⁶ {shuō dao}

1. to discuss
2. reason (behind sth)

說法〔说-〕 syut³ faat³ {shuō fǎ}

to expound Buddhist teachings

說法〔说-〕 syut³ faat³ {shuō fa}

1. way of speaking
2. wording
3. formulation
4. one's version (of events)
5. statement
6. theory
7. hypothesis
8. interpretation

說謊〔说谎〕 syut³ fong¹ {shuō huǎng}

1. to lie
2. to tell an untruth

說教〔说-〕 syut³ gaau³ {shuō jiào}

to preach

說客〔说-〕 syut³ haak³ {shuì kè}

1. (old) itinerant political adviser
2. (fig.) lobbyist
3. go-between
4. mouthpiece
5. also pr. [shuo1 ke4]

說合〔说-〕 syut³ hap⁶ {shuō hé}

1. to bring together
2. to mediate
3. to arrange a deal

說起〔说-〕 syut³ hei² {shuō qǐ}

1. to mention
2. to bring up (a subject)
3. with regard to
4. as for

說好〔说-〕 syut³ hou² {shuō hǎo}

1. to come to an agreement
2. to complete negotiations

說理〔说-〕 syut³ lei⁵ {shuō lǐ}

1. to reason
2. to argue logically

說明〔说-〕 syut³ ming⁴ {shuō míng}

1. to explain
2. to illustrate
3. to indicate
4. to show
5. to prove
6. explanation
7. directions
8. caption
9. CL: 個

說媒〔说-〕 syut³ mui⁴ {shuō méi}

matchmaking

說破〔说-〕 syut³ po³ {shuō pò}

1. to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc)
2. to reveal

說笑〔说-〕 syut³ siu³ {shuō xiào}

1. to chat and laugh
2. to crack jokes
3. to banter

說上〔说-〕 syut³ soeng⁵ {shuō shàng}

1. to say
2. to speak
3. to talk

說書〔说书〕 syut³ syu¹ {shuō shū}

folk art consisting of story-telling to music

說說〔说说〕 syut³ syut³ {shuō shuo}

to say sth

說帖〔说-〕 syut³ tip³ {shuō tiě}

1. memorandum
2. note (i.e. written statement)

說通〔说-〕 syut³ tung¹ {shuō tōng}

1. to get sb to understand
2. to persuade

說話〔说话〕 syut³ waa⁶ {shuō huà}

1. to speak
2. to say
3. to talk
4. to gossip
5. to tell stories
6. talk
7. word

說嘴〔说-〕 syut³ zeoi² {shuō zuǐ}

to boast

說大話〔说-话〕 syut³ daai⁶ waa⁶ {shuō dà huà}

To lie; to exaggerate; to brag; to boost; to talk big

說到尾〔说--〕 syut³ dou³ mei⁵ {shuō dào wěi}

After all; ultimately; to put it bluntly

說服力〔说--〕 seoi³ fuk⁶ lik⁶ {shuō fú lì}

persuasiveness

說白了〔说--〕 syut³ baak⁶ liu⁵ {shuō bái le}

to speak frankly

說不出〔说--〕 syut³ bat¹ ceot¹ {shuō bu chū}

unable to say

說不定〔说--〕 syut³ bat¹ ding⁶ {shuō bu dìng}

1. can't say for sure
2. maybe

說不上〔说--〕 syut³ bat¹ soeng⁵ {shuō bu shàng}

1. to be unable to say or tell
2. to not be worth mentioning

說不通〔说--〕 syut³ bat¹ tung¹ {shuō bù tōng}

it does not make sense

說不準〔说-准〕 syut³ bat¹ zeon² {shuō bù zhǔn}

1. unable to say
2. can't say precisely

說得上〔说--〕 syut³ dak¹ soeng⁵ {shuō de shàng}

1. can be counted or regarded as
2. to be able to tell or answer
3. to deserve mention

說廢話〔说废话〕 syut³ fai³ waa² {shuō fèi huà}

1. to talk nonsense
2. to bullshit

說謊者〔说谎-〕 syut³ fong¹ ze² {shuō huǎng zhě}

liar

說溜嘴〔说--〕 syut³ lau⁶ zeoi² {shuō liū zuǐ}

to make a slip of the tongue

說漏嘴〔说--〕 syut³ lau⁶ zeoi² {shuō lòu zuǐ}

1. to blurt out
2. to let slip

說了算〔说--〕 syut³ liu⁵ syun³ {shuō le suàn}

1. to have the final say
2. to be the one in charge

說明書〔说-书〕 syut³ ming⁴ syu¹ {shuō míng shū}

1. (technical) manual
2. (book of) directions
3. synopsis (of a play or film)
4. CL: 本

說明會〔说-会〕 syut³ ming⁴ wui² {shuō míng huì}

information meeting

說實話〔说实话〕 syut³ sat⁶ waa⁶ {shuō shí huà}

1. to speak the truth
2. truth to tell
3. frankly

說著玩〔说着-〕 syut³ zoek⁶ wun⁶ {shuō zhe wán}

1. to say sth for fun
2. to be kidding
3. to joke around

說長道短〔说长--〕 syut³ coeng⁴ dou⁶ dyun² {shuō cháng dào duǎn}

lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip

說到做到〔说---〕 syut³ dou³ zou⁶ dou³ {shuō dào zuò dào}

1. to be as good as one's word (idiom)
2. to keep one's promise

說風涼話〔说风凉话〕 syut³ fung¹ loeng⁴ waa² {shuō fēng liáng huà}

1. to sneer
2. to make cynical remarks
3. sarcastic talk

說一不二〔说---〕 syut³ jat¹ bat¹ ji⁶ {shuō yī bù èr}

to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word

說來話長〔说来话长〕 syut³ loi⁴ waa⁶ coeng⁴ {shuō lái huà cháng}

start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

說文解字〔说---〕 syut³ man⁴ gaai² zi⁶ {Shuō wén Jiě zì}

Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎 in 2nd century

說岳全傳〔说--传〕 syut³ ngok⁶ cyun⁴ zyun⁶ {Shuō Yuè Quán zhuàn}

"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛

說葡萄酸〔说---〕 syut³ pou⁴ tou⁴ syun¹ {shuō pú tao suān}

1. sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop)
2. lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them

說三道四〔说---〕 syut³ saam¹ dou⁶ sei³ {shuō sān dào sì}

1. to make thoughtless remarks (idiom)
2. to criticize
3. gossip

說說而已〔说说--〕 syut³ syut³ ji⁴ ji⁵ {shuō shuō ér yǐ}

1. nothing serious
2. just hot air

說話算數〔说话-数〕 syut³ waa⁶ syun³ sou³ {shuō huà suàn shù}

1. to keep one's promise
2. to mean what one says

說話算話〔说话-话〕 syut³ waa⁶ syun³ waa⁶ {shuō huà suàn huà}

1. to do as promised
2. to be as good as one's word
3. to honor one's word
4. to mean what one says

說不出話來〔说--话来〕 syut³ bat¹ ceot¹ waa⁶ loi⁴ {shuō bù chū huà lái}

speechless

說文解字註〔说---注〕 syut³ man⁴ gaai² zi⁶ zyu³ {Shuō wén Jiě zì Zhù}

Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁

說話不當話〔说话-当话〕 syut³ waa⁶ bat¹ dong¹ waa⁶ {shuō huà bù dàng huà}

1. to fail to keep to one's word
2. to break a promise

說話要算數〔说话--数〕 syut³ waa⁶ jiu³ syun³ sou³ {shuō huà yào suàn shù}

promises must be kept

說曹操曹操就到〔说------〕 syut³ cou⁴ cou¹ cou⁴ cou¹ zau⁶ dou³ {shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào}

1. lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives
2. fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear

說時遲，那時快〔说时迟--时-〕 syut³ si⁴ ci⁴ ，naa⁵ si⁴ faai³ {shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài}

1. (idiom) no sooner said than done
2. before you know it

說是一回事，做又是另外一回事〔说-------------〕 syut³ si⁶ jat¹ wui⁴ si⁶ ，zou⁶ jau⁶ si⁶ ling⁶ ngoi⁶ jat¹ wui⁴ si⁶ {shuō shì yī huí shì , zuò yòu shì lìng wài yī huí shì}

Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)