听 (聽) tīng

1. tīng verb to listen
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '聽'; Guoyu '聽' v 1; Kroll 2015 '聽' 1, p. 454; Unihan '聽'; XHZD '听' 1, p. 750)
2. tīng verb to obey
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 順從 (Guoyu '聽' v 4; Kroll 2015 '聽' MC thengH 1, p. 454; Unihan '聽'; XHZD '听' 2, p. 750)
3. tīng verb to understand
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 听错 'misunderstand' (Giles 1892 '聽'; Guoyu '聽' v 2; Unihan '聽')
4. tìng verb to hear a lawsuit; to adjudicate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 治理 (Giles 1892 '聽'; Guoyu '聽' tìng v 2; Kroll 2015 '聽' MC thengH 2, p. 454; XHZD '听' 4, p. 750)
5. tìng verb to allow; to let something take its course
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 任由 (Giles 1892 '聽'; Guoyu '聽' tìng v 3; Kroll 2015 '聽' MC thengH 1b, p. 454; XHZD '听' 3, p. 750)
6. tīng verb to await
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 等候 (Giles 1892 '聽'; Guoyu '聽' v 3; Kroll 2015 '聽' MC thengH 1c, p. 454; )
7. tīng verb to acknowledge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '聽')
8. tīng measure word a tin can
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Loanword (Guoyu '聽' n 3; XHZD '听' 5, p. 750)
9. tīng noun information
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '聽' n 1; Kroll 2015 '聽' MC theng 1a, p. 454)
10. tīng noun a hall
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 厅 (Guoyu '聽' n 2; Kroll 2015 '聽' MC theng 2, p. 454)
11. tīng proper noun Ting
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '聽' n 4)
12. tìng verb to administer; to process
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 治理 (Guoyu '聽' tìng v 1)

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• 听见风就是雨(聽見風就是雨) on hearing wind, to say rain; to agree uncritically with whatever people say; to parrot other people's words
• 兼听(兼聽) listen to both sides
• 公听会(公聽會) public hearing
• 听候(聽候) to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
• 听政(聽政) to govern
• 偷听(偷聽) to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
• 听起来(聽起來) to sound like
• 听事(聽事) to hold audience; to advise on state affairs; to administer state affairs; audience hall; to listen in
• 窃听(竊聽) to eavesdrop
• 听到(聽到) to hear
• 听房(聽房) to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
• 倾听者(傾聽者) listener
• 耳听为虚，眼见为实(耳聽為虛，眼見為實) Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
• 视听馆藏(視聽館藏) audiovisual collection
• 危辞耸听(危辭聳聽) to startle with scary tale
• 混淆视听(混淆視聽) to obscure the facts; to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods
• 视听材料(視聽材料) evidence of material seen and heard; oral testimony
• 听小骨(聽小骨) ossicles (of the middle ear)
• 内视反听(內視反聽) to be introspective and mindful of own's words
• 听取(聽取) to listen to
• 听诊器(聽診器) stethoscope
• 观听四方(觀聽四方) observing and listening to all sides
• 旁听(旁聽) to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
• 听得见(聽得見) audible
• 听话听声，锣鼓听音(聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音) to understand the unspoken implications
• 听天安命(聽天安命) to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven
• 听证会(聽證會) (legislative) hearing
• 听话(聽話) to be obedient
• 听其言观其行(聽其言觀其行) hear what he says and observe what he does
• 听讲(聽講) to attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
• 危言耸听(危言聳聽) frightening words to scare people; alarmist talk; reds under the beds
• 听会(聽會) to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
• 且听下回分解(且聽下回分解) to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
• 听上去(聽上去) to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc); to seem
• 听不进去(聽不進去) not to listen; to be deaf to
• 听腻了(聽膩了) fed up of hearing
• 听凭(聽憑) to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
• 听力(聽力) hearing; listening ability
• 听者(聽者) listener; member of audience
• 听受(聽受) to listen
• 视听中心(視聽中心) audiovisual center
• 侦听(偵聽) to eavesdrop; to tap (telephone conversations); to intercept and investigate
• 倾听(傾聽) to listen; to heed
• 言听计从(言聽計從) to see, hear and obey; to take advice; to take somebody at his word
• 试听(試聽) audition; to give an audition; to check by listening
• 动听(動聽) pleasant to listen to
• 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
• 听不懂(聽不懂) unable to make sense of what one is hearing
• 倾耳而听(傾耳而聽) to listen attentively
• 听写(聽寫) to take dictation

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• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 80
• 卷一百五十四　　列傳第七十九 李晟子:愿　憲　愬　聽 Volume 154 Biographies 79: Li Cheng and sons: Yuan, Xian, Su, Ting New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 40
• 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 36
• 卷一百三十三 列傳第八十三: 李晟 Volume 133 Biographies 83: Li Cheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 34
• 卷一百八十一 志第一百三十四 食貨下三 Volume 181 Treatises 134: Finance and Economics 2c History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
• 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 33
• 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 32
• 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 32
• 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 31
• 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 30

Collocations

• 君子听 (君子聽) 君子聽之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 民听 (民聽) 天聽自我民聽 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓中 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration II — count: 5
• 明听 (明聽) 明聽予一人誥 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 4
• 听誓 (聽誓) 下听誓于中军 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹誓（伪） Xia Shu - Yu Shi (forged) — count: 4
• 听言 (聽言) 聽言則荅 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧雨無正 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Yu Wu Zheng — count: 3
• 妇听 (婦聽) 姑慈婦聽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 听天下 (聽天下) 聖人南面而聽天下 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大傳》 The Great Treatise — count: 3
• 同听 (同聽) 君臣上下同聽之則莫不和敬 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3
• 听朝 (聽朝) 且聽朝聘之數 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
• 听予 (聽予) 明聽予一人誥 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 2