said是say的过去式，say可以接宾语所以said当然可以直接加宾语。

在say这个词后面可以直接跟上说的话，宾语可以是直接引语放在引号里面，如：Ha said， "They have never been to China." 当然宾语也可以是简接引语，如：He said (that) they had never been to China.