說法

See also: 说法

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (說法)		說	法
simp. (说法)		说	法

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuōfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ faat³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): seh-hoat / serh-hoat / soat-hoat

(Teochew, Peng'im): suêh⁴ huab⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuōfǎ → shuōfa (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄈㄚˇ → ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄈㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuofå
  - Wade–Giles: shuo¹-fa⁵
  - Yale: shwō-fa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuo.faa
  - Palladius: шофа (šofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fä²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ faat³
  - Yale: syut faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ faːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: seh-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sehhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: serh-huat
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ huat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: suat-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soathoad
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suêh⁴ huab⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sueh huap
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sueʔ²⁻⁴ huap̚²/

Noun

說法

way of saying something; wording; version
換一種說法／换一种说法 ― huàn yī zhǒng shuōfǎ ― to say in another way; in other words
explanation; view; opinion
到底是誰先動的手，我問了好幾個人兒，他們都是一個說法兒，說是××。 [MSC, trad.]
到底是谁先动的手，我问了好几个人儿，他们都是一个说法儿，说是××。 [MSC, simp.]
Dàodǐ shì shéi xiān dòng de shǒu, wǒ wèn le hǎo jǐ ge rénr, tāmen dōu shì yī ge shuōfǎr, shuō shì ××. [Pinyin]
As for who in the world stroke the hand first, I asked quite several people; they all have the same claim, saying it was **.

Synonyms

(way of saying):

措辭／措辞 (cuòcí)
提法 (tífǎ)
用詞／用词 (yòngcí)
用語／用语 (yòngyǔ)
講法／讲法 (jiǎngfǎ)
選詞／选词 (xuǎncí)

(explanation): 講法／讲法 (jiǎngfǎ)

Derived terms

委婉說法／委婉说法 (wěiwǎn shuōfǎ)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuōfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ faat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuōfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuofǎ
  - Wade–Giles: shuo¹-fa³
  - Yale: shwō-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuofaa
  - Palladius: шофа (šofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ faat³
  - Yale: syut faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ faːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: suat-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soathoad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/

Verb

說⫽法 (verb-object)

to expound the teachings of Buddhism

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (說法):

→ Japanese: 説法(せっぽう) (seppō)
→ Korean: 설법(說法) (seolbeop)

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