说明 (shuōmíng) means Explain (prove - explanation). Below are 16 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
这个机器有使用 说明 。
Zhège jīqì yǒu shǐyòng shuōmíng.
This machine comes with instructions.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 说明
请 说明 迟到的原因。
Qǐng shuōmíng chídào de yuányīn.
Please explain the reason for being late.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原因
请明确 说明 你的要求。
Qǐng míngquè shuōmíng nǐ de yāoqiú.
Please state your requirements clearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 明确
这篇文章欠一点 说明 。
Zhè piān wénzhāng qiàn yìdiǎn shuōmíng.
This article lacks a little explanation.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 欠
请 说明 这笔钱的用途。
Qǐng shuōmíng zhè bǐ qián de yòngtú.
Please explain what this money is for.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 用途
天气预报 说明 天有雨。
Tiānqì yùbào shuō míngtiān yǒu yǔ.
The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 预报
请简要 说明 一下情况。
Qǐng jiǎnyào shuōmíng yíxià qíngkuàng.
Please explain the situation briefly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 简要
请 说明 这份工作的性质。
Qǐng shuōmíng zhè fèn gōngzuò de xìngzhì.
Please explain the nature of this job.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 性质
请 说明 一下现在的状况。
Qǐng shuōmíng yíxià xiànzài de zhuàngkuàng.
Please explain the present situation.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 状况
请严格按照 说明 书操作。
Qǐng yángé ànzhào shuōmíngshū cāozuò.
Please operate it strictly according to the manual.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操作
这些证据足以 说明 问题。
Zhèxiē zhèngjù zúyǐ shuōmíng wèntí.
This evidence is enough to make the point.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 足以
请以官方网站的 说明 为准。
Qǐng yǐ guānfāng wǎngzhàn de shuōmíng wéi zhǔn.
Please take the official website's statement as authoritative.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 官方
序言里 说明 了写作的初衷。
Xùyán lǐ shuōmíng le xiězuò de chūzhōng.
The preface explains why the book was written.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 序言
老师用一个真实的案例 说明 了这条法律。
Lǎoshī yòng yí ge zhēnshí de ànlì shuōmíng le zhè tiáo fǎlǜ.
The teacher used a real case to explain this law.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 案例
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Questions about 说明
How is 说明 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 说明 (shuōmíng, "Explain (prove - explanation)"), 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.
Is 说明 an HSK word?
Yes — 说明 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 说明?
The dictionary page for 说明 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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