to persuade
to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
variant of 說|说[shuo1]

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine

说 character breakdown

surname Dui
to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱

= + : Doggy Dog opened a cash exchange booth in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. His first customers are Apollo and a mean crocodile.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 说 as component

说 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 说

easy to deal with / not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
to persuade / persuasion / to advise
(idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement / just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤|周敦颐[Zhou1 Dun1 yi2], starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes
to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom) / to reason with sb in every way possible
if / if one were to say
to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
(idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
(idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible
to explain (the difference)
to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone

Sentences with 说

nán
dào
nǐ
shuo̅
le
bù
suàn
ma