It is said in Chinese
it is said · HSK 5
据说
- 据 according to
- 说 to speak
据说明天会下雪。 It is said it will snow tomorrow.
Other ways to say it is said
More words with 据 or 说
How do you say it is said in Chinese?
It is said in Chinese is 据说 (jù shuō). You can also say 相传 (xiāng chuán), 传说 (chuán shuō).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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