Chinese Notes

听 (聽) tīng tìng

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)
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)
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')
tìng verb to hear a lawsuit / to adjudicate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Law 法律
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)
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)
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; )
tīng verb to acknowledge
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Giles 1892 '聽')
tīng measure word a tin can
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Loanword (Guoyu '聽' n 3; XHZD '听' 5, p. 750)
tīng noun information
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '聽' n 1; Kroll 2015 '聽' MC theng 1a, p. 454)
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)
tīng proper noun Ting
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '聽' n 4)
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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收听(收聽) to listen to a broadcast
公听会(公聽會) public hearing
倾听(傾聽) to listen / to heed
听说(聽說) to hear told
听觉(聽覺) sense of hearing
听见(聽見) hear
听写(聽寫) to take dictation
打听(打聽) to ask about / to inquire about ; to eavesdrop ; to visit
好听(好聽) pleasant to hear ; touching [words]
听讲(聽講) to attend a lecture / to listen to a talk
窃听(竊聽) to eavesdrop
听话(聽話) to be obedient
听取(聽取) to listen to
听众(聽眾) an audience / a member of the audience
洗耳恭听(洗耳恭聽) to listen with respectful attention
听墙根儿(聽牆根兒) o eavesdrop
听闻(聽聞) listening and learning ; to listen ; news one has heard
道听途说(道聽途說) gossip / hearsay / rumor
听受(聽受) to listen
听从(聽從) to listen and obey / to comply with / to heed / to hearken ; to comply with
谛听(諦聽) listen carefully / listen attentively
听到(聽到) to hear
听错(聽錯) to misunderstand
听差(聽差) a messenger
听信(聽信) to hear news ; to await further orders
听从(聽從) to listen and obey / to comply with / to heed / to hearken ; to comply with
视听馆藏(視聽館藏) audiovisual collection
视听资料(視聽資料) audiovisual material
聆听(聆聽) to listen (respectfully)
听起来(聽起來) to sound like
听信谣言(聽信謠言) to take heed of idle chatter
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
听命(聽命) to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs
听讼(聽訟) to hear litigation (in a law court) / to hear a case
听事(聽事) to hold audience / to advise on state affairs / to administer state affairs / audience hall / to listen in
旁听(旁聽) to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
动听(動聽) pleasant to listen to
听懂(聽懂) to understand (on hearing) / to catch (what is spoken)
中听(中聽) pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears
接听(接聽) to answer the phone
难听(難聽) unpleasant to hear / coarse / vulgar / offensive / shameful
听课(聽課) to attend a class / to go to a lecture
窃听器(竊聽器) tapping device / bug
听不见(聽不見) not be able to hear

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第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 36
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秋官司寇第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 33
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第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 32
第二回 Chapter 77 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
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
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
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
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
听用 (聽用) 聽用我謀 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi — count: 2
咸听 (鹹聽) 咸聽朕命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 2