说 (shuō) means Said (speak - say - talk - explain). Below are 24 of the 112 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他会 说 三种语言。
Tā huì shuō sān zhǒng yǔyán.
He can speak three languages.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 说
From the graded readers
她 说 ：“三百块。”
tā shuō:" sānbǎi kuài."
She said, "Three hundred yuan."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我 说 ：“太贵了。”
wǒ shuō:" tài guì le / liǎo / liào."
I said, "That's too expensive."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我一下子 说 不出话来。
wǒ yíxiàzi shuō bùchū huà lái.
For a moment I couldn't say anything.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
我 说 不用，就上楼了。
wǒ shuō búyòng, jiù shàng lóu le / liǎo / liào.
I said there was no need and went on up.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
她 说 ：“喂，你好吗？”
tā shuō:" wèi, nǐhǎo mǎ?"
She said, "Hello, how are you?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
我把事情跟他 说 了一遍。
wǒ bǎ shìqing gēn tā shuōle yī biàn.
I explained the situation to him.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
From the travel phrasebook
我不会 说 中文。
Wǒ bú huì shuō Zhōngwén.
I don't speak Chinese.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
有没有会 说 英语的人？
Yǒu méiyǒu huì shuō Yīngyǔ de rén?
Is there someone who speaks English?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
有会 说 英语的医生吗？
Yǒu huì shuō Yīngyǔ de yīshēng ma?
Is there an English-speaking doctor?
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
From the grammar library
请 说 下去。
Qǐng shuō xiàqù.
Please carry on.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
我会 说 中文。
Wǒ huì shuō Zhōngwén.
I can speak Chinese.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 会 / 能 / 可以 — three ways to say "can"
请 说 慢一点儿。
Qǐng shuō màn yìdiǎnr.
Please speak a little more slowly.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 一点儿 vs 有点儿
他 说 中文 说 得很好。
Tā shuō Zhōngwén shuō de hěn hǎo.
He speaks Chinese very well.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 的 vs 得 vs 地
说 appears in 112 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 说
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 说
How is 说 used in a sentence?
This page shows 112 sentences using 说 (shuō, "Said (speak - say - talk - explain)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 说 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 说 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 说 an HSK word?
Yes — 说 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 说?
The dictionary page for 说 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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