How to say "to speak" in Chinese
说
shuōto speakPart of speech: Verbs
"to speak" in Chinese is 说 — pronounced shuō.
In a sentence
- 你会说中文吗？Nǐ huì shuō Zhōngwén ma?Can you speak Chinese?
Words that share a character
Hear the tones, then say it back
Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 说 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.
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