Chinese Notes

听 (聽) tīng

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
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 , 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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听到脚步声(聽到腳步聲) hear the sound of footsteps
听会(聽會) to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
听起来(聽起來) to sound like
听审会(聽審會) hearing
混淆视听(混淆視聽) to obscure the facts; to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods
助听器(助聽器) hearing aid
复听(複聽) double hearing; diplacusis
听任(聽任) to let (sth happen); to allow (sb to do sth); to submit to; to yield
听不进去(聽不進去) not to listen; to be deaf to
听受(聽受) to listen
重听(重聽) hard of hearing
听取(聽取) to listen to
听随(聽隨) to obey; to allow
听懂(聽懂) to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
听阈(聽閾) audibility threshold
听窗(聽窗) to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
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
听说(聽說) to hear told
听断(聽斷) to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court); to hear and decide
试听带(試聽帶) demo recording
听书(聽書) to listen to stories
视听馆藏(視聽館藏) audiovisual collection
听腻了(聽膩了) fed up of hearing
倾耳细听(傾耳細聽) to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
听从(聽從) to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken ; to comply with
听力理解(聽力理解) listening comprehension
洗耳恭听(洗耳恭聽) to listen with respectful attention
观听四方(觀聽四方) observing and listening to all sides
听力(聽力) hearing; listening ability
听凭(聽憑) to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
听墙根(聽牆根) to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to somebody's conversations
听其言而观其行(聽其言而觀其行) hear what he says and observe what he does
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.
屡劝不听(屢勸不聽) refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance; incorrigible
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.
听讼(聽訟) to hear litigation (in a law court); to hear a case
听差(聽差) a messenger
听上去(聽上去) to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc); to seem
任听(任聽) to allow (somebody to act arbitrarily); to let somebody have his head
中听(中聽) pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news); to one's liking; music to one's ears
偷听(偷聽) to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
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
垂帘听政(垂簾聽政) to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor
言者无意，听者有心(言者無意，聽者有心) to take a casual remark to heart
听信(聽信) to hear news ; to await further orders
听审(聽審) to attend court; to take part in a trial
接听(接聽) to answer the phone
视听(視聽) what one sees and hears
听错(聽錯) to misunderstand
内视反听(內視反聽) to be introspective and mindful of own's words

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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 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
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
典听 (典聽) 其爾典聽朕教 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書酒誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement about Drunkenness — count: 2
听朝 (聽朝) 且聽朝聘之數 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2