粵

聽ting1聞man4

simp听闻
ting1 man4teng1 man4ting3 man4tīng wén

English

  1. to listen
  2. learnt or heard from a secondary source
  3. to hear what sb says
  4. news one has heard
  5. to hear from others; to be told of something

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 從其他人口中得知

Examples

  • 聽聞你唔使去澳州喎。

    I hear that you don't have to go to Australia.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 呢個島嘅居民好肯定做咗啲駭人聽聞嘅罪行。

    It was a certainty that the inhabitants of this island had committed horrible crimes.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 聽聞你升職喎,係咪要請我等食下飯呢?

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 聽聞四月會有新系列出,所以我真係好期待睇吓內容會係點。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

  • 聽聞你升咗職喎,恭喜晒!

    I've heard about your promotion, congratulations!

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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