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Jyutping waa2 syut3
Pinyin huà shuō

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    It is said that ...
  2. verb, literary
    Speaking of ...

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Jyutping waa6 syut3
Pinyin huà shuō

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)
  2. to discuss; to recount
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    小说家说谎并不是不道德的事。其实,谎话说得愈离谱、愈有技巧,就愈会受到公众和批评家的表扬。
    小說家說謊並不是不道德的事。其實,謊話說得愈離譜、愈有技巧,就愈會受到公眾和批評家的表揚。
    xiǎo shuō jiā shuō huǎng bìng bù shì bù dào dé de shì 。 qí shí , huǎng huà shuō dé yù lí pǔ 、 yù yǒu jì qiǎo , jiù yù huì shòu dào gōng zhòng hé pī píng jiā de biǎo yáng 。
    • It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.
  2. Mandarin
    换句话说, 我不喜欢和他一起工作。
    換句話說, 我不喜歡和他一起工作。
    huàn jù huà shuō , wǒ bù xǐ huan hé tā yī qǐ gōng zuò 。
    • In other words, I don't like working with him.
  3. Mandarin
    高跟鞋只是为了好看而已。 那就是为什么男人不穿高跟鞋; 换句话说就是男人觉得自己已经很好看了。
    高跟鞋只是為了好看而已。 那就是為什麼男人不穿高跟鞋; 換句話說就是男人覺得自己已經很好看了。
    gāo gēn xié zhǐ shì wèi le hǎo kàn ér yǐ 。 nà jiù shì wèi shén me nán rén bù chuān gāo gēn xié ; huàn jù huà shuō jiù shì nán rén jué de zì jǐ yǐ jīng hěn hǎo kàn le 。
    • High heels are meant to make one look better. That is why men do not wear high heels; in other words, men already think that they look very good.
  4. Mandarin
    我想我没有把话说清楚。
    我想我沒有把話說清楚。
    wǒ xiǎng wǒ méi yǒu bǎ huà shuō qīng chu 。
    • I guess I haven't made myself clear.
  5. Mandarin
    俗话说:人不犯我,我不犯人;可俗话又说:先下手为强,后下手遭殃!
    俗話說:人不犯我,我不犯人;可俗話又說:先下手為強,後下手遭殃!
    sú huà shuō : rén bù fàn wǒ , wǒ bù fàn rén ; kě sú huà yòu shuō : xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng , hòu xià shǒu zāo yāng !
    • As the saying goes: As long as you dont offend me, I dont offend you; But there's another saying: To strike frist means victory, to strike second means tragedy.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    把话说清楚
    把話說清楚
    bǎ huà shuō qīng chǔ
    • to make it clear
  2. Mandarin
    俗话说
    俗話說
    sú huà shuō
    • as the saying goes