听
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- 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 yin3
Example sentences
- He often sits by me and listens to music.
HSK words with 听
- 听到 tīngdào to hear
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear
- 好听 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
- 听写 tīngxiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise)
- 听说 tīngshuō to hear (sth said)
- 难听 nántīng unpleasant to hear
- 听讲 tīngjiǎng to attend a lecture
- 打听 dǎting to ask about
- 听众 tīngzhòng audience
- 收听 shōutīng to listen to (a radio broadcast)
- 听力 tīnglì hearing
- 听取 tīngqǔ to hear (news); to listen to
- 听话 tīnghuà to do what one is told
- 倾听 qīngtīng to listen attentively
- 听从 tīngcóng to listen and obey
- 动听 dòngtīng pleasant to listen to
- 骇人听闻 hàiréntīngwén shocking
- 接听 jiētīng to answer the phone