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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• 中听(中聽) pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news); to one's liking; music to one's ears
• 复听(複聽) double hearing; diplacusis
• 重听(重聽) hard of hearing
• 听审会(聽審會) hearing
• 偷听(偷聽) to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
• 听话(聽話) to be obedient
• 听岔(聽岔) to mishear; to hear wrongly
• 好故事百听不厌(好故事百聽不厭) The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.
• 言听计从(言聽計從) to see, hear and obey; to take advice; to take somebody at his word
• 公听会(公聽會) public hearing
• 听力理解(聽力理解) listening comprehension
• 听小骨(聽小骨) ossicles (of the middle ear)
• 听天安命(聽天安命) to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven
• 试听(試聽) audition; to give an audition; to check by listening
• 接听(接聽) to answer the phone
• 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
• 听其言而观其行(聽其言而觀其行) hear what he says and observe what he does
• 听天命(聽天命) obey the mandate of heaven
• 听窗(聽窗) to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
• 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
• 百听不厌(百聽不厭) worth hearing a hundred times
• 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
• 听闻(聽聞) to listen ; news one has heard
• 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)
• 反听内视(反聽內視) to be mindful of own's words and introspective
• 道听途说(道聽途說) gossip; hearsay; rumor
• 听墙面(聽牆面) surface of wall
• 侦听(偵聽) to eavesdrop; to tap (telephone conversations); to intercept and investigate
• 妄言妄听(妄言妄聽) unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave; something not to be taken too seriously
• 听说(聽說) to hear told
• 收听(收聽) to listen to a broadcast
• 听头(聽頭) a can
• 听众(聽眾) an audience; a member of the audience
• 听清(聽清) to hear clearly
• 听到(聽到) to hear
• 垂帘听政(垂簾聽政) to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor
• 听起来(聽起來) to sound like
• 倾听者(傾聽者) listener
• 听不进去(聽不進去) not to listen; to be deaf to
• 视听材料(視聽材料) evidence of material seen and heard; oral testimony
• 听诊器(聽診器) stethoscope
• 视听中心(視聽中心) audiovisual center
• 听信谣言(聽信謠言) to take heed of idle chatter
• 谛听(諦聽) listen carefully; listen attentively
• 打听(打聽) to ask about; to inquire about ; to eavesdrop ; to visit
• 听房(聽房) to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
• 听受(聽受) to listen
• 观听四方(觀聽四方) observing and listening to all sides
• 细听(細聽) to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)

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视而不见，听而不闻

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• 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
• 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