听说
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
听说 (tīngshuō) · to hear
听说 (tīngshuō) means “to hear; it is said that”. It is written with 2 characters: 听 (to listen) + 说 (to speak). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 听说 is built
The characters
听 tīng · to listen
What 听 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 斤jīn — a catty (about 500 grams)
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 下xià — down
Origin hint: Words 口 reaching an ear 斤 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
说 shuō · to speak
What 说 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 兑duì — cash
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 兄xiōng — elder brother
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 儿ér — child
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: 讠 gives the meaning, 兑 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
听说你要去北京？Tīngshuō nǐ yào qù Běijīng?I heard you're going to Beijing?
我听说那家饭馆很好。Wǒ tīngshuō nà jiā fànguǎn hěn hǎo.I heard that restaurant is very good.
Questions about 听说
What does 听说 mean?
听说 (tīngshuō) means “to hear; it is said that”.
How do you pronounce 听说?
听说 is pronounced tīngshuō.
Which HSK level is 听说?
听说 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 听到tīngdàoto hear
- 听见tīngjiànto hear
- 听写tīngxiědictation
- 难听nántīngunpleasant to hear
- 听讲tīngjiǎngto listen to a lecture
- 打听dǎtingto ask about
- 收听shōutīngto listen to (the radio)
- 听力tīnglìlistening (skill)
- 听众tīngzhòngaudience
Learn 听说 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 69: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.