# 說明
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuōmíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syut$^3$ ming$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sot-mìn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sod$^5$ min$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): soat-bêng / serh-bêng / soeh-bêng / seh-bêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): suêh$^4$ mêng$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuōmíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuomíng
*** Wade–Giles: shuo$^1$-ming$^2$
*** Yale: shwō-míng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoming
*** Palladius: шомин (šomin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syut$^3$ ming$^4$
*** Yale: syut mìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syt$^8$ ming$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xud$^3$ ming$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːt̚³ mɪŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sot-mìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: sod$^ˋ$ min$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sod$^5$ min$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sot̚² min¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sod$^5$ min$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɔt̚¹ min¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-bêng
*** Tâi-lô: suat-bîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soatbeeng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-bêng
*** Tâi-lô: serh-bîng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ biɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-bêng
*** Tâi-lô: sueh-bîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soehbeeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-bêng
*** Tâi-lô: seh-bîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sehbeeng
*** IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: suêh$^4$ mêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sueh mêng
*** Sinological IPA : /sueʔ²⁻⁴ meŋ⁵⁵/

### Verb

說明
* to explain; to account for; to illustrate; to specify
    除非另有說明／除非另有说明 ― chúfēi lìngyǒu shuōmíng ― unless otherwise specified
       Xiànzài kēxué kěyǐ shuōmíng xǔduō shénmì de shì. [Pinyin]
       Science can now account for many mysterious things.
* to show; to indicate; to mean; to prove
    這說明什麼？／这说明什么？ ― Zhè shuōmíng shénme? ― What does this show?

#### Synonyms

* (to explain):
* 交代 (jiāodài)
* 介紹／介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
* 分解 (fēnjiě)
* 拆白 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 解說／解说 (jiěshuō)
* 解釋／解释 (jiěshì)
* 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
* 說／说
* 說解／说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)
* 講明／讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
* 講解／讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
* 開釋／开释 (kāishì) (literary)
* 闡明／阐明 (chǎnmíng)
* 闡發／阐发 (chǎnfā)
* 闡說／阐说 (chǎnshuō)
* 闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
* 闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì)
* 陳／陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)
* (to show):
* 表明 (biǎomíng)
* 表示 (biǎoshì)

### Noun

說明
* explanation; instruction; direction; account; note

#### Synonyms

* 指示 (zhǐshì)

### Derived terms

* 說明文／说明文 (shuōmíngwén)
* 說明書／说明书 (shuōmíngshū)
* 說明會／说明会 (shuōmínghuì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 說 | 明 |
| せつ Hyōgai | めい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 說明 – see the following entry. :
| 【説明せつめい】 | [noun] explanation [verb] to explain |
(This term, 說明, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 說 | 明 |

### Noun

說明 • (seolmyeong) (hangeul 설명)
* hanja form of 설명 (“explanation”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 說 | 明 |

### Verb

說明
* chữ Hán form of thuyết minh (“to provide voice-over; to narrate”).