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
anagram		明說／明说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ ming⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sot-mìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sod⁵ min²

• Southern Min

  (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): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ ming⁴
    • Yale: syut mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ 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/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sod⁵ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɔt̚¹ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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):

• 交代 (jiāodài)
• 介紹／介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
• 分解 (fēnjiě)
• 拆白 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 解說／解说 (jiěshuō)
• 解釋／解释 (jiěshì)
• 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
• 說／说
• 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):

• 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)

 

Japanese

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 說明 – see the following entry.

【説明せつめい】 [noun] explanation [verb] to explain

(This term, 說明, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
說	明

Noun

說明 • (seolmyeong) (hangeul 설명)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
說	明

Verb

說明

1. chữ Hán form of thuyết minh (“to provide voice-over; to narrate”).