tīng

to listen; to hear; to obey

Character data

Radical ⽿ (128.16)
Strokes 22
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

聽 tīng
  1. 1. to listen
  2. 2. to hear
  3. 3. to obey
  4. 4. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  5. 5. classifier for canned beverages
聽 tìng
  1. 1. to allow
  2. 2. to sentence
  3. 3. (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule

Words containing 聽

Word Meaning
hearing-impaired; hard of hearing
to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry
to answer the phone
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
to listen with respectful attention; we are all ears
mislead the public; confuse right and wrong
worth hearing a hundred times
to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop
seeing is believing; don’t trust rumors
to be observant and alert (idiom)
be alert in all directions; stay very wary
fig. to be observant and alert
to eavesdrop; to wiretap
bug; tapping device
to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
don’t trust talk, only believe what you see
to listen (respectfully)
sensational; exaggerated to scare people
to seem; to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc)
can't hear
unable to make sense of what one is hearing
not be able to hear