tīng

hear; understand; obey, comply

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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

书 tīng shū to listen to stories; to listen to performance of 說書|说书 storytelling
会 tīng huì to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
清 tīng qīng to hear clearly
墙根 tīng qiáng gēn to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations
墙根儿 tīng qiáng gēn r erhua variant of 聽牆根|听墙根[ting1 qiang2 gen1]
墙面 tīng qiáng miàn surface of wall
窗 tīng chuāng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
者 tīng zhě listener; member of audience
闻 tīng wén to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard
腻了 tīng nì le fed up of hearing
见风就是雨 tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ lit. on hearing wind, to say rain; to agree uncritically with whatever people say; to parrot other people's words; to chime in with others
讼 tīng sòng to hear litigation (in a law court); to hear a case
声,锣鼓音 tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
起来 tīng qi lai to sound like
错 tīng cuò to mishear
阈 tīng yù audibility threshold
随 tīng suí to obey; to allow
头 tīng tóu a can (loanword from English "tin")
风就是雨 tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom); to believe rumors; to be credulous
骨链 tīng gǔ liàn chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
虚己以 xū jǐ yǐ tīng to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
fù tīng double hearing; diplacusis
材料 shì tīng cái liào evidence of material seen and heard; oral testimony
言者无意,者有心 yán zhě wú yì , tīng zhě yǒu xīn to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
计从 yán tīng jì cóng to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice; to take sb at his word