说明

说明 shuōmíng in a sentence

Explain (prove - explanation)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 3 sentences

说明 (shuōmíng) means Explain (prove - explanation). Below are 3 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

说明 一下原因。

Qǐng shuōmíng yíxià yuányīn.

Please explain the reason.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 说明

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

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

Questions about 说明

How is 说明 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 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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