听说

Character by character

• 听tīng7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 聽hear; understand; obey, comply; one pound
• 说shuō9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 說speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 听说. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 说shuōHSK 1

  to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine

• 听tīngHSK 1

  to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [tìng]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [tìng])

• 听到tīng dàoHSK 1

  to hear

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 说法shuō faHSK 5

  way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

• 再说zài shuōHSK 6

  to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides

• 小说xiǎo shuōHSK 2

  novel; fiction

• 比如说bǐ rú shuōHSK 2

  for example

• 听见tīng jiànHSK 1

  to hear

• 传说chuán shuōHSK 3

  legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

• 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōHSK 7

  in other words; that is to say; so; thus

• 据说jù shuōHSK 3

  it is said that; reportedly

• 好听hǎo tīngHSK 1

  pleasant to hear

• 说不定shuō bu dìngHSK 4

  can't say for sure; maybe

• 说服shuō fúHSK 4

  to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]

• 说道shuō dàoHSK 7

  to state; to say (the quoted words)

• 听取tīng qǔHSK 6

  to hear (news); to listen to

• 听话tīng huàHSK 7

  to do what one is told; obedient

• 说谎shuō huǎngHSK 7

  to lie; to tell an untruth

• 别说bié shuōHSK 7

  to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone

• 倾听qīng tīngHSK 7

  to listen attentively

• 打听dǎ tingHSK 3

  to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around