听
说

To hear (sth said) in Chinese: 听说 (tīng shuō)

tīng shuō

to hear (sth said)

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 聽說1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to hear (sth said)
  2. 2one hears (that)
  3. 3hearsay
  4. 4listening and speaking

Stroke order

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听
说

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄊㄧㄥ

tīng

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

听说

Simplified

聽說

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我听说他要去北方工作。

    wǒ tīng shuō tā yào qù běi fāng gōng zuò。

    I heard that he is going to work in the north.

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Related words

听

tīng

to listen to

说

shuō

to speak

说话

shuō huà

to speak

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

传说

chuán shuō

legend

打听

dǎ ting

to ask about

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

据说

jù shuō

it is said that

说服

shuō fú

to persuade

好听

hǎo tīng

pleasant to hear

听到

tīng dào

to hear

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