說明

說明

See also: 説明 and 说明

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (說明)		說	明
simp. (说明)		说	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sot-mìn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): soat-bêng / serh-bêng / soeh-bêng / seh-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suêh⁴ mêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuomíng
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-ming²
    • Yale: shwō-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoming
    • Palladius: шомин (šomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂwɔ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ ming⁴
    • Yale: syut mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːt̚³ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sot-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sod` minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sod⁵ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /sot̚² min¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: suat-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatbeeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: serh-bîng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ biɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sueh-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soehbeeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: seh-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sehbeeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suêh⁴ mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sueh mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sueʔ²⁻⁴ meŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

說明

1. to explain; to account for; to illustrate; to specify

   除非另有說明／除非另有说明  ―  chúfēi lìngyǒu shuōmíng  ―  unless otherwise specified

   現在科學可以說明許多神秘的事。 [MSC, trad.]
   现在科学可以说明许多神秘的事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiànzài kēxué kěyǐ shuōmíng xǔduō shénmì de shì. [Pinyin]

   Science can now account for many mysterious things.

2. to show; to indicate; to mean; to prove

   這說明什麼？／这说明什么？  ―  Zhè shuōmíng shénme?  ―  What does this show?

Synonyms

• (to explain):

edit

Synonyms of 說明

交代 (jiāodài) 分解 (fēnjiě) 拆白 (Min Nan) 拆破 (Min Nan) 介紹／介绍 (jièshào) (a situation) 解說／解说 (jiěshuō) 解釋／解释 (jiěshì) 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words) 說／说 (shuō) 說解／说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)

講明／讲明 (jiǎngmíng) 講解／讲解 (jiǎngjiě) 開釋／开释 (kāishì) (literary) 闡明／阐明 (chǎnmíng) 闡發／阐发 (chǎnfā) 闡說／阐说 (chǎnshuō) 闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary) 闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì) 陳／陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)

• (to show):

edit

表明 (biǎomíng)

表示 (biǎoshì)

Noun

說明

1. explanation; instruction; direction; account; note

Synonyms

• 指示 (zhǐshì)

Derived terms

說明文／说明文 (shuōmíngwén)

說明書／说明书 (shuōmíngshū)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
說	明
せつ Hyōgaiji	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

說(せつ)明(めい) • (setsumei)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 説明)

1. Kyūjitai form of 説明: explanation

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Korean

Hanja in this term
說	明

Noun

說明 • (seolmyeong) (hangeul 설명)

1. Hanja form^? of 설명 (“explanation”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
說	明

Verb

說明

1. chữ Hán form of thuyết minh (“to explain”).