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

• 偷听(偷聽) to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
• 试听(試聽) audition; to give an audition; to check by listening
• 反听内视(反聽內視) to be mindful of own's words and introspective
• 洗耳恭听(洗耳恭聽) to listen with respectful attention
• 阅听人(閱聽人) audience
• 弱听(弱聽) hard of hearing; hearing-impaired
• 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
• 听力(聽力) hearing; listening ability
• 不问就听不到假话(不問就聽不到假話) Don't ask and you won't be told any lies.
• 受听(受聽) nice to hear; worth listening to
• 监听(監聽) to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop
• 言者无意，听者有心(言者無意，聽者有心) to take a casual remark to heart
• 重听(重聽) hard of hearing
• 倾耳细听(傾耳細聽) to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
• 听话听声，锣鼓听音(聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音) to understand the unspoken implications
• 听断(聽斷) to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court); to hear and decide
• 倾听(傾聽) to listen; to heed
• 天听(天聽) heavenly perception; sublime perception ; the listening and learning of the emperor
• 听信谣言(聽信謠言) to take heed of idle chatter
• 听书(聽書) to listen to stories
• 试听带(試聽帶) demo recording
• 中听(中聽) pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news); to one's liking; music to one's ears
• 听审会(聽審會) hearing
• 听会(聽會) to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
• 听不见(聽不見) not be able to hear
• 听岔(聽岔) to mishear; to hear wrongly
• 听天由命(聽天由命) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
• 听墙根儿(聽牆根兒) o eavesdrop
• 听而不闻(聽而不聞) to hear but not listen
• 谛听(諦聽) listen carefully; listen attentively
• 听说(聽說) to hear told
• 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.
• 视听材料(視聽材料) evidence of material seen and heard; oral testimony
• 听信(聽信) to hear news ; to await further orders
• 听觉(聽覺) sense of hearing
• 窃听(竊聽) to eavesdrop
• 听者(聽者) listener; member of audience
• 细听(細聽) to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
• 动听(動聽) pleasant to listen to
• 听其言观其行(聽其言觀其行) hear what he says and observe what he does
• 难听(難聽) unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful
• 听凭(聽憑) to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
• 且听下回分解(且聽下回分解) to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
• 听墙根(聽牆根) to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to somebody's conversations
• 听随(聽隨) to obey; to allow
• 接听(接聽) to answer the phone
• 复听(複聽) double hearing; diplacusis
• 任听(任聽) to allow (somebody to act arbitrarily); to let somebody have his head
• 听懂(聽懂) to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
• 听小骨(聽小骨) ossicles (of the middle ear)

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视而不见，听而不闻

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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
• 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
• 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
• 听上 (聽上) 弗命而民聽上 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 2
• 听朔 (聽朔) 聽朔於南門之外 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 2