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听说

tīng shuō · ting shuo

Traditional 聽說

HSK 2

Meaning

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

  1. Dengdeng

    听说(tīngshuō)这家(zhèjiā)茶馆(cháguǎn)有(yǒu)一种(yīzhǒng)很(hěn)特别(tèbié)的(de)茶(chá)。

    I hear this teahouse has a very special tea.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)也(yě)听说(tīngshuō)了(le)，听说(tīngshuō)是(shì)用(yòng)雪水(xuěshuǐ)泡(pào)的(de)。

    I heard too. They say it's brewed with snow water.

  3. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？我(wǒ)听说(tīngshuō)价钱(jiàqian)也(yě)很(hěn)贵(guì)。

    Really? I heard the price is high too.

  4. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)问问(wènwèn)老板(lǎobǎn)吧(ba)。

    Let's ask the owner.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)问(wèn)了(le)，老板(lǎobǎn)说(shuō)他(tā)也(yě)是(shì)听说(tīngshuō)的(de)。

    I asked. The owner said he only heard it too.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)听(tīng)说(shuō)你(nǐ)通(tōng)过(guò)了(le)入(rù)学(xué)考(kǎo)试(shì)。恭(gōng)喜(xǐ)你(nǐ)了(le)！

I hear you passed the entrance exam. Congratulations!

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

听(tīng)说(shuō)这(zhè)家(jiā)新(xīn)开(kāi)的(de)餐(cān)厅(tīng)味(wèi)道(dào)不(bú)错(cuò)，我(wǒ)们(men)周(zhōu)末(mò)去(qù)试(shì)试(shi)吧(ba)。

I hear the food at this newly opened restaurant is pretty good; let's go try it this weekend.

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听
tīng

to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey

说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment

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