Dong Chinese dictionary

shuō

speak

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

兑 Sound component

duì

exchange

説 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.説 /*l̥ot-s/, /*l̥ot/, /*lot/
兑 /*lˤot-s/, /*lˤot-s/

Definitions

説

shuō

speak

说 (説)

shuō

variant of 說|说[shuō]

Most common words with 説

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	说	to speak
	说话	to speak
	说明	to explain
	听说	hearsay
	说道	to state

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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