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HSK 1verb

说

Traditional: 說

shuì

说 (shuì) means “to persuade”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese character (traditional 說) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Stroke order

Practice writing

Example

他说中文。

Tā shuō Zhōngwén.

He speaks Chinese.

Words containing 说

说话shuō huàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word传说chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...胡说hú shuōto talk nonsense; drivel说明shuō míngto explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption小说xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction据说jù shuōit is said that; reportedly说不定shuō bu dìngcan't say for sure; maybe说服shuō fúto persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]听说tīng shuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking说实话shuō shí huàto speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly学说xué shuōtheory; doctrine说法shuō fǎto expound Buddhist teachings

More HSK 1 vocabulary

HSK 1 →
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs八bāeight; 8爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my杯子bēi zicup; glass是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 说 mean?
说 (shuì) means “to persuade”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 说 pronounced?
说 is pronounced “shuì” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 说?
说 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 说?
Follow the stroke-order animation above; 说 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-05-27