说明

Character by character

• 说shuō9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 說speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
• 明míng8 strokesHSK 1bright, light, brilliant; clear

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 说明. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 说shuōHSK 1

  to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 明白míng baiHSK 1

  clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize

• 明显míng xiǎnHSK 3

  clear; distinct; obvious

• 证明zhèng míngHSK 3

  proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 听说tīng shuōHSK 2

  to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking

• 明星míng xīngHSK 2

  star; celebrity

• 表明biǎo míngHSK 3

  to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 聪明cōng mingHSK 5

  intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing)

• 说法shuō faHSK 5

  way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

• 明确míng quèHSK 3

  clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

• 再说zài shuōHSK 6

  to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 小说xiǎo shuōHSK 2

  novel; fiction

• 比如说bǐ rú shuōHSK 2

  for example

• 声明shēng míngHSK 3

  to state; to declare; statement; declaration

• 传说chuán shuōHSK 3

  legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

• 文明wén míngHSK 3

  civilized; civilization; culture

• 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōHSK 7

  in other words; that is to say; so; thus

• 据说jù shuōHSK 3

  it is said that; reportedly

• 发明fā míngHSK 3

  to invent; an invention

• 明明míng míngHSK 5

  obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely