說合

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
trad. (說合)		說	合
simp. (说合)		说	合

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ hap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōhé → shuōhe (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄜˊ → ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄏㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuohe̊
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-ho⁵
    • Yale: shwō-he
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuo.her
    • Palladius: шохэ (šoxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/ → /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ xə²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ hap⁶
    • Yale: syut hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ hɐp̚²/

Verb

說合

1. to act as go-between; to act as the middleman; to play matchmaker
2. to discuss; to talk over
3. to settle a quarrel

Synonyms

• (to act as go-between): 撮合 (cuōhé), 牽頭／牵头 (qiāntóu)
• (to discuss):

• 交涉 (jiāoshè)
• 傾／倾 (king¹) (Cantonese, informal)
• 協商／协商 (xiéshāng)
• 協議／协议 (xiéyì)
• 口語／口语 (kǒuyǔ) (archaic)
• 商榷 (shāngquè) (chiefly in an academic context)
• 商討／商讨 (shāngtǎo)
• 商談／商谈 (shāngtán)
• 商議／商议 (shāngyì)
• 商量 (shāngliang)
• 接接 (Hokkien)
• 接洽 (jiēqià) (formal)
• 會談／会谈 (huìtán)
• 槌摃鐵／槌𫼱铁 (Hokkien)
• 比接 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 洽商 (qiàshāng)
• 洽談／洽谈 (qiàtán)
• 申論／申论 (shēnlùn)
• 研究 (yánjiū)
• 磋商 (cuōshāng) (formal)
• 磋議／磋议 (cuōyì)
• 磨合 (móhé) (figurative)
• 觸牙／触牙 (Hokkien)
• 言說／言说 (yánshuō) (formal)
• 言論／言论 (yánlùn)
• 言辭／言辞 (yáncí) (literary)
• 計謀／计谋 (jìmóu) (literary)
• 計議／计议 (jìyì) (literary)
• 計較／计较
• 討論／讨论 (tǎolùn)
• 評／评 (píng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 評論／评论 (pínglùn)
• 說／说
• 談判／谈判 (tánpàn)
• 談論／谈论 (tánlùn)
• 謀慮／谋虑 (móulǜ) (literary)
• 議／议 (yì)
• 議論／议论 (yìlùn)
• 錦議／锦议 (Hokkien)
• 闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)

 

• (to settle a quarrel): 說和／说和 (shuōhé)