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)

Contained in

• 危辞耸听(危辭聳聽) to startle with scary tale
• 听窗(聽窗) to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
• 倾听者(傾聽者) listener
• 听闻(聽聞) to listen ; news one has heard
• 谛听(諦聽) listen carefully; listen attentively
• 听力理解(聽力理解) listening comprehension
• 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
• 视听(視聽) what one sees and hears
• 言者无意，听者有心(言者無意，聽者有心) to take a casual remark to heart
• 试听带(試聽帶) demo recording
• 窃听器(竊聽器) tapping device; bug
• 听到(聽到) to hear
• 听话听声，锣鼓听音(聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音) to understand the unspoken implications
• 眼观四面，耳听八方(眼觀四面，耳聽八方) the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
• 不听命(不聽命) to disobey
• 言听计从(言聽計從) to see, hear and obey; to take advice; to take somebody at his word
• 听写(聽寫) to take dictation
• 听取(聽取) to listen to
• 听从(聽從) to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken ; to comply with
• 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
• 听其自便(聽其自便) to allow somebody to do something at his convenience
• 助听器(助聽器) hearing aid
• 任听(任聽) to allow (somebody to act arbitrarily); to let somebody have his head
• 难听(難聽) unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful
• 复听(複聽) double hearing; diplacusis
• 听其言观其行(聽其言觀其行) hear what he says and observe what he does
• 听凭(聽憑) to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
• 听房(聽房) to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
• 听墙面(聽牆面) surface of wall
• 听天命(聽天命) obey the mandate of heaven
• 听审(聽審) to attend court; to take part in a trial
• 听见(聽見) hear
• 反听内视(反聽內視) to be mindful of own's words and introspective
• 听骨(聽骨) ossicles (in the middle ear)
• 听受(聽受) to listen
• 听上去(聽上去) to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc); to seem
• 收听(收聽) to listen to a broadcast
• 视听资料(視聽資料) audiovisual material
• 听讲(聽講) to attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
• 听其言而观其行(聽其言而觀其行) hear what he says and observe what he does
• 虚己以听(虛己以聽) to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind
• 听之任之(聽之任之) to take a laissez-faire attitude
• 听课(聽課) to attend a class; to go to a lecture
• 聆听(聆聽) to listen (respectfully)
• 窃听(竊聽) to eavesdrop
• 听筒(聽筒) telephone receiver; headphone; earphone; earpiece; stethoscope
• 娓娓动听(娓娓動聽) to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner
• 耸人听闻(聳人聽聞) to sensationalize; deliberate exaggeration to scare people

Also contained in

不歌舞观听 、 视而不见，听而不闻

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 听琴瑟 (聽琴瑟) 終身不聽琴瑟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
• 听舆 (聽輿) 聽輿人之謀曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2