說書

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	book; letter
trad. (說書/説書)		說/説	書
simp. (说书)		说	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ syu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-su / soat-chir / soat-si
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷seq-sy; ⁷seq ¹sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuoshu
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-shu¹
    • Yale: shwō-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoshu
    • Palladius: шошу (šošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ syu¹
    • Yale: syut syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-su
    • Tâi-lô: suat-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-chir
    • Tâi-lô: suat-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-si
    • Tâi-lô: suat-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatsy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ si⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq-sy; ⁷seq ¹sy
    • MiniDict: seh^入 sy; seh^入 sy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq-sr; ⁴seq ¹sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ³³ sz̩⁴⁴/, /səʔ⁴⁴  sz̩⁵³/

Verb

說書

1. to tell a story (in the folk art of pingshu―“storytelling”)

Synonyms

• (Eastern Min) 講評話／讲评话