聽說

See also: 听说

Chinese

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tīngshuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥㄕㄨㄛ
  - 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/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ting¹ sueh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰĩŋ¹¹ suəʔ²/
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/

聽說

(literally) to listen and speak
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.
(colloquial) to be obedient

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	聽說
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聽說
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	聽說
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	聽講
Southwestern Mandarin	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, 聽講
	Longyan	聽講
	Shantou	聽呾
	Singapore (Teochew)	聽呾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	聽講, 聽見講
Wu	Shanghai	聽講
Wu	Wenzhou	聽講
Xiang	Changsha	聽講, 信講

Dialectal synonyms of 聽話 (“to be obedient”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聽話, 聽說
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聽話, 聽說
	Taiwan	聽話
	Harbin	聽說, 聽說聽道兒
	Singapore	聽話
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聽話, 聽說
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	聽話
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	聽說
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	聽說
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	聽話
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	聽講
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聽話, 聽教聽話, 聽教
Cantonese	Taishan	聽教
Gan	Nanchang	聽話
	Lichuan	聽話
	Pingxiang	聽話
Hakka	Meixian	聽話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聽話, 聽講
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聽話, 聽講
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聽話, 聽講
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聽話, 聽講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聽話, 聽講
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聽事, 聽人講
Huizhou	Jixi	聽話, 聽講, 聽人講
Jin	Taiyuan	聽說
Jin	Xinzhou	聽說
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聽喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	聽喙
	Quanzhou	聽喙
	Zhangzhou	聽喙
	Tainan	聽喙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聽喙
	Manila (Hokkien)	聽喙, 聽話
	Jieyang	聽呾
	Puning	聽話, 聽呾
	Leizhou	聽講
	Haikou	聽講
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	聽話, 聽講
Wu	Shanghai	聽閒話
	Shanghai (Chongming)	聽話
	Danyang	聽話
	Hangzhou	聽話語
	Wenzhou	聽講
	Jinhua	聽講, 聽話
Xiang	Changsha	聽講

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