据说

Meaning(verb)

it is said that; reportedly

Examples

• 据说明天会下雪。

  jù shuō míng tiān huì xià xuě.

  Apparently it's going to snow tomorrow.

• 据说这家店已经开了一百年。

  jù shuō zhè jiā diàn yǐ jīng kāi le yì bǎi nián.

  Reportedly this shop has been open for a hundred years.

• 据说他要去国外工作了。

  jù shuō tā yào qù guó wài gōng zuò le.

  They say he's going to work abroad.

Easily confused

• 听说 — 听说 can take a subject (我听说…); 据说 has no subject and an unspecified source.

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