# 說法
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuōfǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄈㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syut$^3$ faat$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): seh-hoat / serh-hoat / soat-hoat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): suêh$^4$ huab$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuōfǎ → shuōfa (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄈㄚˇ → ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄈㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuofå
*** Wade–Giles: shuo$^1$-fa$^5$
*** Yale: shwō-fa
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuo.faa
*** Palladius: шофа (šofa)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fä²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syut$^3$ faat$^3$
*** Yale: syut faat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syt$^8$ faat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xud$^3$ fad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: suêh$^4$ huab$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sueh huap
*** Sinological IPA : /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
       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): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄈㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syut$^3$ faat$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-hoat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuōfǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄈㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuofǎ
*** Wade–Giles: shuo$^1$-fa$^3$
*** Yale: shwō-fǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuofaa
*** Palladius: шофа (šofa)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syut$^3$ faat$^3$
*** Yale: syut faat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syt$^8$ faat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xud$^3$ fad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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
    From: The Lotus Sūtra, translated by Kumārajīva circa 5th century CE
    Wújìnyì púsà bái fó yán: “Shìzūn! Guānshìyīn púsà yúnhé yóu cǐ Suōpóshìjiè? Yúnhé ér wèi zhòngshēng shuōfǎ?” [Pinyin]
    The Bodhisattva Inexhaustible Intention addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honored One! How does Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva wander in this Sahā World? How does he speak the Dharma for living beings?

### Descendants

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