据说

Character by character

• 据jù11 strokesHSK 3 traditional 據to occupy, take possession of; a base, position
• 说shuō9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 說speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

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Example sentences

• 据说他很有钱。

  Jù shuō tā hěn yǒu qián

  He is said to be rich.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 据说. 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

• 根据gēn jùHSK 4

  according to; based on; basis; foundation

• 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

• 据jùHSK 6

  according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy

• 听说tīng shuōHSK 2

  to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking

• 数据shù jùHSK 4

  data

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 证据zhèng jùHSK 3

  evidence; proof; testimony

• 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

• 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

• 依据yī jùHSK 5

  according to; basis; foundation

• 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]

• 占据zhàn jùHSK 6

  to occupy; to hold

• 数据库shù jù kùHSK 7

  database

• 说道shuō dàoHSK 7

  to state; to say (the quoted words)

• 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

• 虽说suī shuōHSK 7

  though; although