據說

據說

See also: 据说

Chinese

		according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (據說)		據	說
simp. (据说)		据	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi³ syut³
• Min Nan (POJ): kìr-serh / kù-seh / kì-soat / kù-soat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jùshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwshuo
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi³ syut³
    • Yale: geui syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey³ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu³ xud³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³³ ʃyːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìr-serh
    • Tâi-lô: kìr-serh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ səʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-seh
    • Tâi-lô: kù-seh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuoseq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ seʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-soat
    • Tâi-lô: kì-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiesoad
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ suat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-soat
    • Tâi-lô: kù-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuosoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ suat̚³²/

Adverb

據說

1. apparently; allegedly; reportedly; it is said that; ... so they say

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聽說 (“to hear it said that”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聽聞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聽聞, 據說
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
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	聽講
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	聽講
Min Nan	Xiamen	聽講, 據講
	Quanzhou	聽說
	Zhangzhou	聽講, 據講
	Taipei	聽講
	Kaohsiung	聽講
	Philippines (Manila)	聽說
Wu	Shanghai	聽講
	Wenzhou	聽講

Related terms

• 聽說／听说 (tīngshuō)