Chinese words starting with “ting”
17 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable ting. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 12 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial t · final ing · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 5
- 2nd tone 10
- 3rd tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 听到tīng dàoHSK 1
to hear
- 停下tíng xiàHSK 4
to stop
- 听说tīng shuōHSK 2
to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- 停止tíng zhǐHSK 3
to stop; to halt; to cease
- 听见tīng jiànHSK 1
to hear
- 停车tíng chēHSK 2
to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall
- 停车场tíng chē chǎngHSK 2
parking lot; car park
- 听众tīng zhòngHSK 3
audience; listeners
- 听力tīng lìHSK 3
hearing; listening ability
- 听讲tīng jiǎngHSK 2
to attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
- 听写tīng xiěHSK 1
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by ear
- 挺好tǐng hǎoHSK 2
very good
All 17 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 听 | tīng | v | 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. [tìng]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [tìng]) | |
| 2 | 挺 | tǐng | d,v,g,q | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | |
| 3 | 停 | tíng | v | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 4 | 厅 | tīng | n | (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department | |
| 5 | 停留 | tíng liú | v,vn | to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over | |
| 6 | 听取 | tīng qǔ | v | to hear (news); to listen to | |
| 7 | 听话 | tīng huà | a | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 8 | 停电 | tíng diàn | v,vn | to have a power failure; power cut | |
| 9 | 听从 | tīng cóng | v | to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken | |
| 10 | 停车位 | tíng chē wèi | n | parking space; parking spot | |
| 11 | 停顿 | tíng dùn | v,vn | to halt; to break off; pause (in speech) | |
| 12 | 停滞 | tíng zhì | v,vn | stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down | |
| 13 | 停业 | tíng yè | v | to cease trading (temporarily or permanently); to close down | |
| 14 | 停放 | tíng fàng | v | to park (a car etc); to moor (a boat etc); to leave sth (in a place) | |
| 15 | 停泊 | tíng bó | v | to anchor; anchorage; mooring (of a ship) | |
| 16 | 挺拔 | tǐng bá | a | tall and straight | |
| 17 | 亭子 | tíng zi | n | pavilion |
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