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说明

shuōmíng

Traditional: 說明

to explain

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Meaning of 说明 in English

shuōmíngHSK 4verb, nounSyllabus #1700
  1. to explain
  2. to illustrate
  3. to indicate
  4. to show
  5. to prove
  6. explanation
  7. directions
  8. caption

Measure word: 个

Example sentences

  1. 你能帮我说明一下规则吗？
    nǐ néng bāng wǒ shuō míng yī xià guī zé ma？
    Will you explain the rule to me?
    Tatoeba #785846 by fucongcong · #49725 by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我下周会详细说明的。
    wǒ xià zhōu huì xiáng xì shuō míng de。
    I'll explain it in detail next week.
    Tatoeba #344204 by fucongcong · #1224475 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 这什么都说明不了！
    zhè shén me dōu shuō míng bù liǎo！
    It doesn't mean anything.
    Tatoeba #502860 by fucongcong · #2269346 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

说 on its own →
shuō · to speak; to talk; to say

HSK words with 说

说HSK 1说话HSK 1听说HSK 3说法HSK 4小说HSK 4再说HSK 4说明书HSK 4传说HSK 5据说HSK 5说服HSK 5
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HSK words with 明

明年HSK 1明天HSK 1聪明HSK 3明白HSK 3证明HSK 4说明书HSK 4表明HSK 5发明HSK 5光明HSK 5明确HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences