说也奇怪
shuō yě qí guài · strangely enough; oddly enough; strange to say
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 说也奇怪
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說|说[shuo1]
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
也yěalso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]; surname Ye
奇怪qíguàistrange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
听说tīngshuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
说法shuōfǎto expound Buddhist teachings