听说
tīngshuō
to hear that
Characters in this word
说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 听说他病了。 Tīng shuō tā bìng le. I hear he is sick.
- 听说你很忙。 Tīng shuō nǐ hěn máng. I hear you are very busy.
- 我听说过。 Wǒ tīng shuō guò. I have heard about it.
Related words
- 好听 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
- 听 tīng to listen, to hear
- 听到 tīngdào to hear
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear
- 听写 tīngxiě dictation; to write from dictation
- 难听 nántīng unpleasant to hear
- 听讲 tīngjiǎng to listen in class
- 打听 dǎting to ask around; to find out
- 收听 shōutīng to listen to a broadcast
- 听力 tīnglì listening ability
- 听众 tīngzhòng audience; listeners
- 说 shuō to say, to speak