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See also: 説明 and 说明

	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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuōmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄇㄧㄥˊ
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuōmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - 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^ˋ min^ˇ
  - 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/

說明

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.
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?

(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)

說明

explanation; instruction; direction; account; note

指示 (zhǐshì)

說明文／说明文 (shuōmíngwén)
說明書／说明书 (shuōmíngshū)
說明會／说明会 (shuōmínghuì)

Kanji in this term
說	明
せつ Hyōgai	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

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

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

Hanja in this term
說	明

說明 • (seolmyeong) (hangeul 설명)

hanja form^? of 설명 (“explanation”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
說	明

說明

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