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Usage of the character 听

tīng
[聽]
  • 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))
yǐn
[听]
  • smile (archaic)
tīngchà
听岔
[聽岔]
  • to mishear
  • to hear wrongly
tīngshuō
听说
[聽說]
  • to hear (sth said)
  • one hears (that)
  • hearsay
  • listening and speaking
tīngyù
听阈
[聽閾]
  • audibility threshold
tīngwén
听闻
[聽聞]
  • to listen
  • to hear what sb says
  • news one has heard
jiētīng
接听
[接聽]
  • to answer the phone
tīngxìn
听信
[聽信]
  • to listen to information
  • to get the news
  • to believe what one hears
zhēntīng
侦听
[偵聽]
  • to eavesdrop
  • to tap (telephone conversations)
  • to intercept and investigate
tīngkè
听课
[聽課]
  • to attend a class
  • to go to a lecture
ruòtīng
弱听
[弱聽]
  • hard of hearing
  • hearing-impaired
xìtīng
细听
[細聽]
  • to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
tīngyǒu
听友
[聽友]
  • listener (of a radio program etc)
tīngchuāng
听窗
[聽窗]
  • to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
tīngpíng
听凭
[聽憑]
  • to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
qīngtīng
倾听
[傾聽]
  • to listen attentively
huàntīng
幻听
[幻聽]
  • auditory hallucination
tīngsòng
听讼
[聽訟]
  • to hear litigation (in a law court)
  • to hear a case
tàntīng
探听
[探聽]
  • to make inquiries
  • to try to find out
  • to pry
tīngtǒng
听筒
[聽筒]
  • telephone receiver
  • headphone
  • earphone
  • earpiece
  • stethoscope
tīngshěn
听审
[聽審]
  • to attend court
  • to take part in a trial
tōutīng
偷听
[偷聽]
  • to eavesdrop
  • to monitor (secretly)
tīngxiě
听写
[聽寫]
  • (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation
  • (music) to transcribe by ear
tīnggǔ
听骨
[聽骨]
  • ossicles (in the middle ear)
  • also written 聽小骨/听小骨
tīnglì
听力
[聽力]
  • hearing
  • listening ability
tīnghuà
听话
[聽話]
  • to do what one is told
  • obedient
tīngsuí
听随
[聽隨]
  • to obey
  • to allow
dìtīng
谛听
[諦聽]
  • to listen carefully
tīngmìng
听命
[聽命]
  • to obey an order
  • to take orders
  • to accept a state of affairs
tīngshū
听书
[聽書]
  • to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話/评话 (pinghuá)
  • to listen to an audiobook
xuǎntīng
选听
[選聽]
  • selective listening (linguistics)
tīngfáng
听房
[聽房]
  • to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
qiètīng
窃听
[竊聽]
  • to eavesdrop
  • to wiretap
tīngdǒng
听懂
[聽懂]
  • to understand (on hearing)
  • to catch (what is spoken)
dǎting
打听
[打聽]
  • to ask about
  • to make some inquiries
  • to ask around
tīngxì
听戏
[聽戲]
  • to attend an opera
  • to see an opera
tīngqīng
听清
[聽清]
  • to hear clearly
tīngjué
听觉
[聽覺]
  • sense of hearing
  • auditory
tīngzhě
听者
[聽者]
  • listener
  • member of audience
tīngjiǎng
听讲
[聽講]
  • to attend a lecture
  • to listen to a talk
tīngcuò
听错
[聽錯]
  • to mishear
zhōngtīng
中听
[中聽]
  • pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)
  • to one's liking
  • music to one's ears
  • Taiwan pr. (zhòngtīng)
língtīng
聆听
[聆聽]
  • to listen (respectfully)
zhòngtīng
重听
[重聽]
  • hard of hearing
shòutīng
受听
[受聽]
  • nice to hear
  • worth listening to
tīngpái
听牌
[聽牌]
  • (mahjong) to be one tile away from completing a hand
  • (sports) to be on the verge of winning
hǎotīng
好听
[好聽]
  • pleasant to hear
jiāntīng
监听
[監聽]
  • to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop
tīngtóu
听头
[聽頭]
  • a can (loanword from English "tin")
tīngqǔ
听取
[聽取]
  • to hear (news); to listen to
tīnghuì
听会
[聽會]
  • to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
shōutīng
收听
[收聽]
  • to listen to (a radio broadcast)
tīngjiàn
听见
[聽見]
  • to hear
fùtīng
复听
[複聽]
  • double hearing
  • diplacusis
nántīng
难听
[難聽]
  • unpleasant to hear
  • coarse
  • vulgar
  • offensive
  • shameful
tīngduàn
听断
[聽斷]
  • to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court)
  • to hear and decide
shìtīng
试听
[試聽]
  • audition
  • to give sb an audition
  • to check by listening
pángtīng
旁听
[旁聽]
  • to sit in on (proceedings)
  • to be present at a meeting as an observer
  • to audit (a class)
tīngcóng
听从
[聽從]
  • to listen and obey
  • to comply with
  • to heed
  • to hearken
tīngrèn
听任
[聽任]
  • to let (sth happen)
  • to allow (sb to do sth)
  • to submit to
  • to yield
tīngshì
听事
[聽事]
  • to hold audience
  • to advise on state affairs
  • to administer state affairs
  • audience hall
  • to listen in
tīngzhòng
听众
[聽眾]
  • audience
  • listeners
tīnglái
听来
[聽來]
  • to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc)
  • to ring (true)
  • to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression)
  • to hear from somewhere
tīnghòu
听候
[聽候]
  • to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
tīngdào
听到
[聽到]
  • to hear
dòngtīng
动听
[動聽]
  • pleasant to listen to
rèntīng
任听
[任聽]
  • to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
  • to let sb have his head
tīngqiánggēn
听墙根
[聽牆根]
  • to eavesdrop
  • to listen in secret to sb's conversations
tīngzhěnqì
听诊器
[聽診器]
  • stethoscope
gōngtīnghuì
公听会
[公聽會]
  • public hearing
tīngshàngqu
听上去
[聽上去]
  • to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc)
  • to seem
tīngbujiàn
听不见
[聽不見]
  • not be able to hear
pángtīngshēng
旁听生
[旁聽生]
  • auditor (student)
tīngxiǎogǔ
听小骨
[聽小骨]
  • ossicles (of the middle ear)
  • three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨/镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨/锤骨
qiètīngqì
窃听器
[竊聽器]
  • tapping device
  • bug
suíshēntīng
随身听
[隨身聽]
  • Walkman (trademark)
  • portable stereo
tīngdéjiàn
听得见
[聽得見]
  • audible
yuètīngrén
阅听人
[閱聽人]
  • (Tw) audience
zhùtīngqì
助听器
[助聽器]
  • hearing aid
tīngshěnhuì
听审会
[聽審會]
  • hearing (law)
tīngqilai
听起来
[聽起來]
  • to sound like
tīngzhènghuì
听证会
[聽證會]
  • (legislative) hearing
tīngbudào
听不到
[聽不到]
  • can't hear
tīnggǔliàn
听骨链
[聽骨鏈]
  • chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
shìtīngdài
试听带
[試聽帶]
  • demo recording (music)
tīngbudǒng
听不懂
[聽不懂]
  • unable to make sense of what one is hearing
tīngdedǒng
听得懂
[聽得懂]
  • to understand (by hearing)
  • to catch (what sb says)
qīngtīngzhě
倾听者
[傾聽者]
  • listener
tīngnìle
听腻了
[聽膩了]
  • fed up of hearing
bùtīngmìng
不听命
[不聽命]
  • to disobey
qīng'ěrértīng
倾耳而听
[傾耳而聽]
  • to listen attentively
tīng'érbùwén
听而不闻
[聽而不聞]
  • to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
  • to ignore deliberately
yántīngjìcóng
言听计从
[言聽計從]
  • to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice
  • to take sb at his word
shìtīngcáiliào
视听材料
[視聽材料]
  • evidence of material seen and heard
  • oral testimony
sǒngréntīngwén
耸人听闻
[聳人聽聞]
  • to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
tīngqízìbiàn
听其自便
[聽其自便]
  • to allow sb to do sth at his convenience
tīngbùjìnqu
听不进去
[聽不進去]
  • not to listen
  • to be deaf to
tīngtiānyóumìng
听天由命
[聽天由命]
  • (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
tīngtiān'ānmìng
听天安命
[聽天安命]
  • to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
xūjǐyǐtīng
虚己以听
[虛己以聽]
  • to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
hùnxiáoshìtīng
混淆视听
[混淆視聽]
  • to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods
tīngzhīrènzhī
听之任之
[聽之任之]
  • to take a laissez-faire attitude
xǐ'ěrgōngtīng
洗耳恭听
[洗耳恭聽]
  • to listen with respectful attention
  • (a polite request to sb to speak)
  • we are all ears
wěiwěidòngtīng
娓娓动听
[娓娓動聽]
  • to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner (idiom)
bǎitīngbùyàn
百听不厌
[百聽不厭]
  • worth hearing a hundred times
lüquànbùtīng
屡劝不听
[屢勸不聽]
  • (idiom) refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance; incorrigible
tīnglìlǐjiě
听力理解
[聽力理解]
  • listening comprehension
tīngxìnyáoyán
听信谣言
[聽信謠言]
  • to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)
tīngqiánggēnr
听墙根儿
[聽牆根兒]
  • erhua variant of 聽牆根/听墙根 (tīngqiánggēn)
dàotīngtúshuō
道听途说
[道聽途說]
  • gossip; hearsay; rumor
qīng'ěrxìtīng
倾耳细听
[傾耳細聽]
  • to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
xītīngzūnbiàn
悉听尊便
[悉聽尊便]
  • (idiom) do as you see fit
  • do whatever you like
  • (I, we) leave it in your hands
piāntīngpiānxìn
偏听偏信
[偏聽偏信]
  • selective listening
  • to hear what one wants to hear
wéimìngshìtīng
惟命是听
[惟命是聽]
  • see 唯命是從/唯命是从 (wéimìngshìcóng)
tīngshuōdúxiě
听说读写
[聽說讀寫]
  • listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
bìmùsètīng
闭目塞听
[閉目塞聽]
  • to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears
  • out of touch with reality
  • to bury one's head in the sand
hàiréntīngwén
骇人听闻
[駭人聽聞]
  • shocking
  • horrifying
  • atrocious
  • terrible
wēiyánsǒngtīng
危言耸听
[危言聳聽]
  • frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
  • reds under the beds
tīngqízìrán
听其自然
[聽其自然]
  • to let things take their course
  • to take things as they come
chuíliántīngzhèng
垂帘听政
[垂簾聽政]
  • lit. to govern from behind the curtain
  • to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
wēicísǒngtīng
危辞耸听
[危辭聳聽]
  • to startle sb with scary tale
wàngyánwàngtīng
妄言妄听
[妄言妄聽]
  • unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously
tīngfēngjiùshìyǔ
听风就是雨
[聽風就是雨]
  • lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom)
  • to believe rumors
  • to be credulous
qiětīngxiàhuífēnjiě
且听下回分解
[且聽下回分解]
  • to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
tīngqíyánguānqíxíng
听其言观其行
[聽其言觀其行]
  • hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
tīngjiànfēngjiùshìyǔ
听见风就是雨
[聽見風就是雨]
  • lit. on hearing wind, to say rain
  • to agree uncritically with whatever people say
  • to parrot other people's words
  • to chime in with others
tīngqíyán'érguānqíxíng
听其言而观其行
[聽其言而觀其行]
  • hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
yǎnguānliùlù'ěrtīngbāfāng
眼观六路耳听八方
[眼觀六路耳聽八方]
  • lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions
  • to be observant and alert (idiom)
tīnghuàtīngshēng,luógǔtīngyīn
听话听声,锣鼓听音
[聽話聽聲,鑼鼓聽音]
  • to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
jiāntīngzémíng,piānxìnzé'àn
兼听则明,偏信则暗
[兼聽則明,偏信則暗]
  • listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
yǎnguānsìmiàn,ěrtīngbāfāng
眼观四面,耳听八方
[眼觀四面,耳聽八方]
  • lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom)
  • fig. to be observant and alert
ěrtīngwéixū,yǎnjiànwéishí
耳听为虚,眼见为实
[耳聽為虛,眼見為實]
  • (idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing
yánzhěwúyì,tīngzhěyǒuxīn
言者无意,听者有心
[言者無意,聽者有心]
  • to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
yǎnguānsìchù,ěrtīngbāfāng
眼观四处,耳听八方
[眼觀四處,耳聽八方]
  • see 眼觀四面,耳聽八方/眼观四面,耳听八方 (yǎnguānsìmiàn,ěrtīngbāfāng)
yǎnjiànwéishí,ěrtīngwéixū
眼见为实,耳听为虚
[眼見為實,耳聽為虛]
  • to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
  • It ain't necessarily so.
bùtīnglǎorényán,chīkuīzàiyǎnqián
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
[不聽老人言,吃虧在眼前]
  • (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
tīngjūnyīxíhuà,shèngdúshíniánshū
听君一席话,胜读十年书
[聽君一席話,勝讀十年書]
  • listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)