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听
聽
tìng
1. (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule
2. to sentence
3. to allow
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

听
tīng
to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
HSK 1 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

中听
zhōngtīng
pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)
任听
rèntīng
to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
侦听
zhēntīng
to eavesdrop
偷听
tōutīng
to eavesdrop
倾听
qīngtīng
to listen attentively
HSK 6
动听
dòngtīng
pleasant to listen to
受听
shòutīng
nice to hear
好听
hǎotīng
pleasant to hear
打听
dǎting
to ask about
HSK 5
探听
tàntīng
to make inquiries
接听
jiētīng
to answer the phone
收听
shōutīng
to listen (to)
旁听
pángtīng
to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
监听
jiāntīng
to monitor
窃听
qiètīng
to eavesdrop
细听
xìtīng
to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
聆听
língtīng
to listen (respectfully)
听事
tīngshì
to hold audience
听任
tīngrèn
to let things happen
听来
tīnglái
to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc)

Alternate Entries

听
yǐn
smile (archaic)
HSK 1
听
tīng
to listen / to hear / to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
284
Word Frequency Rank
61 of 84,292