據說

See also: 据说

Chinese

		according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (據說)		據	說
simp. (据说)		据	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi³ syut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kù-seh / kìr-serh / kù-soat / kì-soat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùshuo
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-shuo¹
    • Yale: jyù-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhshuo
    • Palladius: цзюйшо (czjujšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi³ syut³
    • Yale: geui syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey³ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu³ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³³ syːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-seh
    • Tâi-lô: kù-seh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuoseq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ seʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìr-serh
    • Tâi-lô: kìr-serh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ səʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-soat
    • Tâi-lô: kù-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuosoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ suat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-soat
    • Tâi-lô: kì-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiesoad
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ suat̚³²/

Verb

據說

1. it is said that; ... so they say; apparently; allegedly; reportedly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聽說 (“to hear it said that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聞道
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聽說, 據說, 據稱, 據聞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	聽說
	Singapore	聽說
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聽說
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	聽說
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	聽講
	Liuzhou	聽聞講, 聽講
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	聽講
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聽講, 聽講話, 聽聞, 聽聞講, 聞得
	Hong Kong	聽講, 聽講話, 聽聞, 聽聞話, 據講, 據聞
	Taishan	聽講, 聽聞, 聽聞講
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聽講
Hakka	Meixian	聽講
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聽講
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聽講
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聽講
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聽講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聽講
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聽講
Huizhou	Jixi	聽著講
Jin	Taiyuan	聽說
Southern Min	Xiamen	聽講, 據講
	Quanzhou	聽說
	Zhangzhou	聽講, 據講
	Taipei	聽講
	Kaohsiung	聽講
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聽講
	Manila (Hokkien)	聽說
	Longyan	聽講
	Shantou	聽呾
	Singapore (Teochew)	聽呾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	聽講, 聽見講
Wu	Shanghai	聽講
	Wenzhou	聽講
Xiang	Changsha	聽講, 信講

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