細說

See also: 细说

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (細說)		細	說
simp. (细说)		细	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìshuo
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-shuo¹
    • Yale: syì-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshuo
    • Palladius: сишо (sišo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ syut³
    • Yale: sai syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ syːt̚³/

Verb

細說

1. to explain in detail

   他只是泛泛而談，沒有細說。 [MSC, trad.]
   他只是泛泛而谈，没有细说。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhǐ shì fànfàn'értán, méiyǒu xìshuō. [Pinyin]

   He only spoke in generalities; he didn't go into detail.

Synonyms

• 細講／细讲 (xìjiǎng)