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聽說
聽說
See also: 听说
Chinese
let; allow; listen; hear; obey
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to speak; to say; persuade (politically) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (聽說) | 聽 | 說 | |
| simp. (听说) | 听 | 说 | |
Verb
聽說
- 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
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ting1 syut3, ting3 syut3
- Min Nan (POJ): thiaⁿ-soeh / thiaⁿ-seh / thiaⁿ-serh
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingshuo
- IPA (key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ting1 syut3, ting3 syut3
- Yale: tīng syut, ting syut
- Cantonese Pinyin: ting1 syt8, ting3 syt8
- IPA (key): /tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ ɕyːt̚³/, /tʰɪŋ³³ ɕyːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-soeh
- Tâi-lô: thiann-sueh
- Phofsit Daibuun: tviasoeq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-seh
- Tâi-lô: thiann-seh
- Phofsit Daibuun: tviaseq
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ seʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-serh
- Tâi-lô: thiann-serh
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiã³³ səʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)