HSK 5 · Verbs

据说 jùshuō “it is said that” in Chinese

Traditional 據說

What 据说 means

  1. it is said that
  2. reportedly

How to say 据说

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale据jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale说shuō1st tone, high and level

据说 in a sentence

  1. 据说山上的天气变化很快。

    Jùshuō shān shàng de tiānqì biànhuà hěn kuài.

    They say the weather in the mountains changes quickly.

    Sentence #332452 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 据说他很有钱。

    Jùshuō tā hěn yǒuqián.

    He is said to be rich.

    Sentence #714796 from Tatoeba

  3. 据说鲸鱼以前是在陆地上生活的。

    Jùshuō jīngyú yǐqián shì zài lùdì shàng shēnghuó de.

    Whales are said to have once lived on land.

    Sentence #391461 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 据说 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 据 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
据jùaccording to
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 居to live · jīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

The character 说 (shuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
说shuōto speak; to talk; to say
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 兑cash · duìSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 兑 (duì) hints at the sound. Compare it with shuō.

How to write 据说

据 11 strokes · 说 9 strokes

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据说 (jùshuō) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 据说 (jùshuō). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 据说

Words with 据

根据gēnjù · according to收据shōujù · receipt证据zhèngjù · evidence数据shùjù · data占据zhànjù · to occupy据悉jùxī · it is reported that依据yījù · basis

Words with 说

说shuō · to speak说话shuōhuà · to speak听说tīngshuō · to hear (it said that)说明shuōmíng · to explain小说xiǎoshuō · novel胡说húshuō · to talk nonsense说服shuōfú · to persuade传说chuánshuō · legend说不定shuōbudìng · can’t say for sure学说xuéshuō · theory

More words: Thinking & Talking

纪念jìniàn · to commemorate假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse决心juéxīn · determination看不起kànbuqǐ · to look down upon夸kuā · to praise骂mà · to scold

FAQs

据说 (jùshuō) means “it is said that” or “reportedly”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jùshuō: jù with a 4th tone, then shuō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 据说 is written 據說. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jushuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 据说 from the suggestions. Typing jushuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
据说 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.