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tīng

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tīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tīng | ting1
English translation
to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey

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About tīng

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Number of strokes

22

Traditional form

tīng

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Someone listening ěr attentively  xīn

Etymology of tīng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿹耳王⿱⿱十罒一心 yī xīn

Explanation

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

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Words with tīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yǐn to listen 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

tīng Decomposition & Compounds

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