| shuì | to canvass/to persuade/see 遊說|游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and 說客|说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker |
| shuō | to speak/to say/a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) |
| 说 | to canvass to persuade see 遊說|游说 |
| 说一不二 | to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word |
| 说三道四 | gossip |
| 说上 | to say to speak to talk |
| 说不上 | to be unable to say or tell to not be worth mentioning |
| 说不下去 | be unable to finish what one is saying |
| 说不准 | unable to say can't say precisely |
| 说不出 | unable to say |
| 说不出话来 | speechless |
| 说不好 | be unable to say for certain; not be certain; can't say |
| 说不定 | can't say for sure maybe |
| 说不得 | unmentionable; scandalous |
| 说不来 | cannot get along |
| 说不清 | be unable to explain clearly |
| 说不着 | Having no need or ground to say. |
| 说不过 | can't outargue |
| 说不过去 | unreasonable; unacceptable; cannot be justified |
| 说不通 | it does not make sense |
| 说东道西 | random talk; make all kinds of remarks |
| 说书 | folk art consisting of story-telling to music |