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据说

jù shuō

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 據說

据说 (jù shuō) means "it is said that". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 据说 means

1. it is said that; reportedly

The characters in 据说

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off

Example sentences

• 据说她爱他。
  It's said that she loves him.
• 据说他很有钱。
  He is said to be rich.
• 据说他很富有。
  They say that he is very rich.
• 据说汤姆感冒了。
  It is said that Tom has a cold.
• 据说老房子闹鬼。
  They say this old house is haunted.
• 据说他还在巴黎。
  He is said to still be in Paris.

Where 据说 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Discourse Particles & Adverbs (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jù shuō correctly.
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