听 (聽) tīng
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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) -
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) -
verb
to understand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 听错 'misunderstand' (Giles 1892 '聽'; Guoyu '聽' v 2; Unihan '聽') -
verb
to hear a lawsuit; to adjudicate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Law
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) -
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) -
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; ) -
verb
to acknowledge
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Giles 1892 '聽') -
measure word
a tin can
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Loanword (Guoyu '聽' n 3; XHZD '听' 5, p. 750) -
noun
information
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '聽' n 1; Kroll 2015 '聽' MC theng 1a, p. 454) -
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) -
proper noun
Ting
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '聽' n 4) -
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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- 听写(聽寫) to take dictation
- 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.
- 中听(中聽) pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news); to one's liking; music to one's ears
- 听风就是雨(聽風就是雨) to believe in the rain on hearing the wind; to believe rumors; to be credulous
- 听凭(聽憑) to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
- 听政(聽政) to govern
- 倾耳而听(傾耳而聽) to listen attentively
- 听话听声，锣鼓听音(聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音) to understand the unspoken implications
- 收听(收聽) to listen to a broadcast
- 听任(聽任) to let (sth happen); to allow (sb to do sth); to submit to; to yield
- 天听(天聽) heavenly perception; sublime perception ; the listening and learning of the emperor
- 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 . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
- 洗耳恭听(洗耳恭聽) to listen with respectful attention
- 眼观六路耳听八方(眼觀六路耳聽八方) the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
- 听墙根(聽牆根) to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to somebody's conversations
- 听头(聽頭) a can
- 听小骨(聽小骨) ossicles (of the middle ear)
- 观听四方(觀聽四方) observing and listening to all sides
- 听清(聽清) to hear clearly
- 弱听(弱聽) hard of hearing; hearing-impaired
- 偏听偏信(偏聽偏信) selective listening; to hear what one wants to hear
- 难听(難聽) unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful
- 娓娓动听(娓娓動聽) to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner
- 听天安命(聽天安命) to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven
- 好听(好聽) pleasant to hear ; touching [words]
- 听信(聽信) to hear news ; to await further orders
- 听天命(聽天命) obey the mandate of heaven
- 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
- 窃听器(竊聽器) tapping device; bug
- 打听(打聽) to ask about; to inquire about ; to eavesdrop ; to visit
- 危言耸听(危言聳聽) frightening words to scare people; alarmist talk; reds under the beds
- 听见(聽見) hear
- 垂帘听政(垂簾聽政) to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor
- 重听(重聽) hard of hearing
- 听觉(聽覺) sense of hearing
- 骇人听闻(駭人聽聞) shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible
- 听力理解(聽力理解) listening comprehension
- 听骨链(聽骨鏈) chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
- 听证会(聽證會) (legislative) hearing
- 听受(聽受) to listen
- 公听会(公聽會) public hearing
- 听取(聽取) to listen to
- 倾听(傾聽) to listen; to heed
- 听从(聽從) to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken ; to comply with
- 听筒(聽筒) telephone receiver; headphone; earphone; earpiece; stethoscope
- 听讲(聽講) to attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
- 细听(細聽) to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
- 助听器(助聽器) hearing aid
- 视听材料(視聽材料) evidence of material seen and heard; oral testimony
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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
- 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 33
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 听乐 (聽樂) 不聽樂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir — count: 2
- 听失 (聽失) 此聽失之大者也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2