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听
聽
tìng
1.
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule
2.
to sentence
3.
to allow
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
听随
tīngsuí
to obey
选听
xuǎntīng
selective listening (linguistics)
听课
tīngkè
to attend a class
听阈
tīngyù
audibility threshold
听骨
tīnggǔ
ossicles (in the middle ear)
谛听
dìtīng
to listen carefully
听话
tīnghuà
to do what one is told
听说
tīngshuō
to hear (sth said)
听房
tīngfáng
to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
听错
tīngcuò
to mishear
听见
tīngjiàn
to hear
听头
tīngtóu
a can (loanword from English "tin")
复听
fùtīng
double hearing
试听
shìtīng
audition
听审
tīngshěn
to attend court
听讼
tīngsòng
to hear litigation (in a law court)
听从
tīngcóng
to listen and obey
听凭
tīngpíng
to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
听命
tīngmìng
to obey an order
听戏
tīngxì
to attend an opera
Example Sentences (1)
她就喜欢听她爸爸学鸟叫。哭的时候，只要她爸爸学小鸟叫，她马上就安静下来了。
Tā jiù xǐhuan tīng tā bàba xué niǎo jiào. Kū de shíhou, zhǐyào tā bàba xué xiǎo niǎo jiào, tā mǎshàng jiù ānjìng xià lái le.
She likes to listen to her dad imitate bird calls. When she cries, as long as her dad imitates a little bird's chirping, she calms down right away.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 284
- Word Frequency Rank
- 61 of 84,292