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

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

to lie; to tell an untruth

to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]

to tell the truth; honestly; in fact

to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]

can't say for sure; maybe

to speak out; to declare (one's view)

to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations

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

to expound Buddhist teachings

to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for

to have the final say; to be the one in charge

start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

to state; to say (the quoted words)

to discuss; reason (behind sth)

persuasiveness

unable to say

to preach

speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] and 相聲|相声[xiang4 sheng5]; (music) rapping

in the final analysis; in the end

to be as good as one's word (idiom); to keep one's promise

excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments

(technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film); specification (patent); CL:本[ben3]

to do as promised; to be as good as one's word; to honor one's word; to mean what one says

(old) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece; also pr. [shuo1 ke4]

to speak frankly

to chat; to gossip

to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning

to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip

liar

cannot be justified; inexcusable

to keep one's promise; to mean what one says

to persuade

to be honest; to tell the truth; to be frank

acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense

to say; to speak; to talk

to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly

folk art consisting of storytelling to music

to act as a matchmaker

to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for

to bring together; to mediate; to arrange a deal

to make (sb) cry (with one's harsh words)

to boast

to act as a matchmaker

to agree on; to settle on

memorandum; note (i.e. written statement)

to intercede; to plead for sb else