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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 道听途说
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 道听途说 | dào tīng tú shuō | - gossip; hearsay; rumor |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 19,451 | 47,620 | 32,819 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 道 | dào | - road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) - (bound form) way; reason; principle - (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization - (Daoism) the Way; the Dao - to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) - (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) - classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process - (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 听 | yǐn | - smile (archaic) |
| 听 | tīng | - to listen to; to hear - to heed; to obey - a can (loanword from English "tin") - classifier for canned beverages - to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) - (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) |
| 途 | tú | - way - route - road |
| 说 | shuì | - to persuade |
| 说 | shuō | - to speak; to talk; to say - to explain; to comment - to scold; to tell off - (bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说 | shuō | - variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
Other Words Containing 道听途说
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 道听途说 | - | - | 19,451 | 47,620 | 32,819 |