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聽

tīng

hear, listen; understand; obey

Strokes
22
Radical
耳
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Tone
1

Simplified form: 听

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 听, the simplified form of 聽. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我在听。

    Wǒ zài tīng

    I'm listening.

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  • 听这个！

    Tīng zhè ge

    Listen to this!

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  • 他没听。

    Tā méi tīng

    He doesn't listen.

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  • 你没听。

    Nǐ méi tīng

    You haven't been listening.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 听

  • 听tīng 1to 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. [tìng]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [tìng])
  • 听到tīng dào 1–4 to hear
  • 听见tīng jiàn 1–4 to hear
  • 好听hǎo tīng 3–1 pleasant to hear
  • 听写tīng xiě 1–3 (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by ear
  • 听说tīng shuō 1–1 to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
  • 难听nán tīng 2–1 unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful
  • 听讲tīng jiǎng 1–3 to attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
  • 打听dǎ ting 3–5to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
  • 听众tīng zhòng 1–4 audience; listeners
  • 收听shōu tīng 1–1 to listen to (a radio broadcast)
  • 听力tīng lì 1–4 hearing; listening ability