tīng

hear; understand; obey, comply

HSK 1 #285

DEFINITIONS

听 tīng
  • to listen
  • to hear
  • to obey
  • a can (loanword from English "tin")
  • classifier for canned beverages
听 tìng
  • (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule
  • to sentence
  • to allow
听 yǐn
  • smile (archaic)

STROKES

WORDS

不到 tīng bu dào can't hear
不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing
不见 tīng bu jiàn not be able to hear
不进去 tīng bù jìn qu not to listen; to be deaf to
事 tīng shì to hold audience; to advise on state affairs; to administer state affairs; audience hall; to listen in
来 tīng lái 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
信谣言 tīng xìn yáo yán to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)
其自便 tīng qí zì biàn to allow sb to do sth at his convenience
其自然 tīng qí zì rán to let things take their course; to take things as they come
其言而观其行 tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
其言观其行 tīng qí yán guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
力理解 tīng lì lǐ jiě listening comprehension
友 tīng yǒu listener (of a radio program etc)
君一席话,胜读十年书 tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
天安命 tīng tiān ān mìng to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
审 tīng shěn to attend court; to take part in a trial
审会 tīng shěn huì hearing (law)
小骨 tīng xiǎo gǔ ossicles (of the middle ear); three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨|镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨|锤骨
岔 tīng chà to mishear; to hear wrongly
得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)
得见 tīng dé jiàn audible
懂 tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
戏 tīng xì to attend an opera; to see an opera
房 tīng fáng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
断 tīng duàn to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court); to hear and decide