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

请你叙述一下事情的经过。

Qǐng nǐ xùshù yīxià shìqíng de jīngguò.

Please describe what happened.

这本书以第一人称叙述。

Zhè běnshū 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