(shuō, ㄕㄨㄛ) to speak; to say; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) [CE-DICT]
是
(これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT]
(ぜ) (n) righteousness; justice; right [EDICT]
(shì, ㄕˋ) is; are; am; yes; to be [CE-DICT]
布
(ぬの(P);ふ;にの(ok);にぬ(ok)) (n) (1) cloth; (2) (ふ only) (See 布銭) bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China); (P) [EDICT]
(の) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT]
(bù, ㄅㄨˋ) to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth [CE-DICT]
里
(り) (n) (1) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles); (2) (See 郷里制,国郡里制) neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); (3) (See 条里制) unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m); (P) [EDICT]
(さと) (n) (1) village; hamlet; (2) countryside; country; (3) (里 only) home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown; (4) (里 only) (See 御里) one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past [EDICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) inside; internal; interior; lining; village; basic unit of city administration [CE-DICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km); neighborhood; hometown; surname Li [CE-DICT]
