Explain in Chinese
to explain · HSK 4
解释
- 解 to separate
- 释 to explain
Counted with 个: 一个解释
你能给我解释一下吗？ Can you explain it to me?
Other ways to say explain
More words with 解 or 释
How do you say explain in Chinese?
Explain in Chinese is 解释 (jiě shì). You can also say 说明 (shuō míng), 讲解 (jiǎng jiě), 解答 (jiě dá), 解说 (jiě shuō).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.