聽說

See also: 听说

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (聽說)		聽	說
simp. (听说)		听	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting¹ syut³ / ting³ syut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiaⁿ-seh / thiaⁿ-serh / thiaⁿ-soeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingshuo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-shuo¹
    • Yale: tīng-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingshuo
    • Palladius: тиншо (tinšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting¹ syut³ / ting³ syut³
    • Yale: tīng syut / ting syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting¹ syt⁸ / ting³ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting¹ xud³ / ting³ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ syːt̚³/, /tʰɪŋ³³ syːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-seh
    • Tâi-lô: thiann-seh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tviaseq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Philippines): /tʰiã³³ seʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-serh
    • Tâi-lô: thiann-serh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiã³³ səʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-soeh
    • Tâi-lô: thiann-sueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tviasoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² sueʔ³²/

Verb

聽說

1. (literally) to listen and speak
2. to hear it said that; to hear tell

   我聽說他結婚了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我听说他结婚了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ tīngshuō tā jiéhūn le. [Pinyin]

   I've heard that he's got married.

3. (colloquial) to be obedient

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 聽說

1. hearsay

   這只是聽說，但他顯然已離開了那女孩子。 [MSC, trad.]
   这只是听说，但他显然已离开了那女孩子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhǐshì tīngshuō, dàn tā xiǎnrán yǐ líkāi le nà nǚháizǐ. [Pinyin]

   It's just hearsay, but apparently he's left the girl.

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