說來

See also: 说来

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	to come
trad. (說來)		說	來
simp. (说来)		说	来
anagram		來說／来说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ loi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuolái
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-lai²
    • Yale: shwō-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuolai
    • Palladius: шолай (šolaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ loi⁴
    • Yale: syut lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ lɔːi̯²¹/

Adverb

說來

1. having brought this up; come to speak of it

   • 從社會行程說來，日本已不是興旺的國家，戰爭不能達到日本統治階級所期求的興旺，而將達到它所期求的反面——日本帝國主義的死亡。 [MSC, trad.]
     从社会行程说来，日本已不是兴旺的国家，战争不能达到日本统治阶级所期求的兴旺，而将达到它所期求的反面——日本帝国主义的死亡。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Cóng shèhuì xíngchéng shuōlái, Rìběn yǐ bù shì xīngwàng de guójiā, zhànzhēng bù néng dádào Rìběn tǒngzhìjiējí suǒ qīqiú de xīngwàng, ér jiāng dádào tā suǒ qīqiú de fǎnmiàn — Rìběn dìguózhǔyì de sǐwáng. [Pinyin]

     In terms of social development, Japan is no longer a thriving country; the war will not lead to the prosperity sought by her ruling classes but to the very reverse, the doom of Japanese imperialism.

Derived terms

• 大致說來／大致说来
• 說來話長／说来话长 (shuōláihuàcháng)
• 說來說去／说来说去
• 這般說來／这般说来