听 tīng - English Meaning | HSK 1

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HSK level

Number of strokes

Traditional form

聽 tīng

Contains the radical

口 kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Words 口 kǒu reaching an ear 斤 jīn

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰口斤

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 口 kǒu represents the meaning and 厅 tīng represents the sound. Simplified form of 聽 tīng . The right side looks like 斤 jīn (axe) but is actually a corruption of 厅 tīng .

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人 rén 吃 chī 太 tài 饱 bǎo 听力 tīng lì 会 huì 变差?

After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

他 tā 口齿 kǒu chǐ 不 bù 清 Qīng ,无法 wú fǎ 听 yǐn 懂 dǒng 他 tā 的 de 意思 yìsi .

His indistinct speech makes it impossible to understand him.

不 bù 要 yāo 说 shuì 得 dé 那么 nà me 急 jí , 露西 Lù xī ,你 nǐ 说话 shuōhuà 象 xiàng 连珠炮 lián zhū pào 似的 shìde , 我 wǒ 听 yǐn 不 bù 懂 dǒng .

Don't gabble, Lucy, I can't understand when you run your words together.

还有 hái yǒu 食物 shíwù 也 Yě 不同 bù tóng ! 我 wǒ 听说 tīng shuō 川菜 Chuān cài 很 hěn 辣 là .

B : And the food! I hear the cuisine is quite hot.

我 wǒ 听到 tīng dào 有人 yǒu rén 叫 jiào 我 wǒ 的 de 名字 míngzi .

I heard my name called.

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 听 yǐn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
听 yǐn	to listen	聽 tīng
听到 tīng dào	to hear	聽到
听说 tīng shuō	hearsay	聽說
听见 tīng jiàn	to hear	聽見
好听 hǎo tīng	pleasant to hear	好聽
听取 tīng qǔ	to hear (news)	聽取
听话 tīng huà	obedient	聽話
倾听 qīngtīng	to listen attentively	傾聽
听证会 tīng zhèng huì	(legislative) hearing	聽證會
打听 dǎting	to ask about	打聽
收听 shōu tīng	to listen to (a radio broadcast)	收聽
听众 tīng zhòng	audience	聽眾
听力 tīng lì	hearing	聽力
聆听 líng tīng	to listen (respectfully)	聆聽
听从 tīng cóng	to heed	聽從
听起来 tīng qi lai	to sound like	聽起來
动听 dòng tīng	pleasant to listen to	動聽
听觉 tīng jué	sense of hearing	聽覺
难听 nán tīng	coarse	難聽
旁听 páng tīng	to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)	旁聽
听课 tīng kè	to attend a class	聽課
窃听 qiè tīng	to eavesdrop	竊聽
监听 jiān tīng	to monitor	監聽
偷听 tōu tīng	to eavesdrop	偷聽