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Definition 2024


聽說

聽說

See also: 听说

Chinese

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

Verb

聽說

  1. to hear it said that; to hear tell

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聽說 (“to hear it said that”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聽聞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聽說
Mandarin Beijing 聽說
Taiwan 聽說
Cantonese Guangzhou 聽講聽聞、聽聞話
Hong Kong 聽講聽聞、聽聞話
Taishan 聽聞講
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 聽講
Liudui (S. Sixian) 聽講
Hsinchu (Hailu) 聽講
Dongshi (Dabu) 聽講
Zhuolan (Raoping) 聽講
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 聽講
Min Nan Quanzhou 聽說
Xiamen 聽講
Zhangzhou 聽講
Taipei 聽講
Kaohsiung 聽講
Wu Shanghai 聽講
Wenzhou 聽講

Noun

聽說

  1. hearsay