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
anagram	明說／明说

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuōmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ ming⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sot-mìn

(Hailu, HRS): shod min

(Meixian, Guangdong): sod⁵ min²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeh⁶ ming² / syoeh⁶ ming²
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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sot-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sod^ˋ min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sod⁵ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /sot̚² min¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shod min
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃot⁵⁻² min⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sod⁵ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɔt̚¹ min¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: soeh⁶ ming² [Phonetic: soeh⁷ ming²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: se̤h-míng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeh⁶ ming² [Phonetic: syoeh⁷ ming²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøʔ²⁻⁴ miŋ²⁴/
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/

Verb

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?