叙述

敘述

xùshù

verb HSK 7-9 #10,468

Meanings

1 to narrate
2 to recount
3 to describe

Characters

state; describe

Examples

HSK 2

请你叙述一下事情的经过。

Qǐng nǐ xùshù yīxià shìqíng de jīngguò.

Please describe what happened.

HSK 7-9

这本书以第一人称叙述。

Zhè běn shū yǐ dìyī rénchēng xùshù.

This book is narrated in the first person.

Tips

usage

叙述 is more formal than 讲 or 说. It implies a detailed, orderly account. Common in literary analysis: 叙述方式 (narrative method), 叙述角度 (narrative perspective).

Stroke Order

叙 xù

述 shù