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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

Noun

說明

explanation

Verb

說明

to explain

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shuōmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ ming⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sot-mìn
Min Nan (POJ): soat-bêng / soeh-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuōmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoming
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ ming⁴
  - Yale: syut mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ ming⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyːt̚³ mɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sot-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sod` minˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sod⁵ min²
  - IPA: /sot̚² min¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-bêng / soeh-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: suat-bîng / sueh-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soatbeeng, soehbeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/, /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/, /sue(ʔ)⁵ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³/, /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/, /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³/, /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ²³/