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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ 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: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream 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/

Verb

說明

to explain; to account for; to illustrate

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.
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?

Noun

說明

explanation; instruction; direction; account; note

Derived terms

說明文／说明文

說明書／说明书 (shuōmíngshū)

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