聽講話 (teng1/ting1 gong2 waa6 | ) : heard somebody said

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聽講話

teng1/ting1 gong2 waa6

[1] heard somebody said [2] [華]: 聽說

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

聽講話

This word has been viewed 2671 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 4th Jun 2007 08:58 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

聽 ting1 ting3 teng1 - listen to; obey; allow
講 gong2 - say; speak
話 waa6 waa2 - word; talk; speak; language

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聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

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Decimal representation of this word: 聽講話

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