tīng

hear, listen; understand; obey

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

ruò tīng hard of hearing; hearing-impaired
惟命是 wéi mìng shì tīng see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2]
dǎ ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
tàn tīng to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry
jiē tīng to answer the phone
shōu tīng to listen to (a radio broadcast)
páng tīng to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
洗耳恭 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention; (a polite request to sb to speak); we are all ears
混淆視 hùn xiáo shì tīng to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods
不厭 bǎi tīng bù yàn worth hearing a hundred times
jiān tīng to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop
眼見為實,耳為虛 yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.; It ain't necessarily so.
眼觀六路耳八方 yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert (idiom)
眼觀四處,耳八方 yǎn guān sì chù , ěr tīng bā fāng see 眼觀四面,耳聽八方|眼观四面,耳听八方[yan3 guan1 si4 mian4 , er3 ting1 ba1 fang1]
眼觀四面,耳八方 yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fāng lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom); fig. to be observant and alert
qiè tīng to eavesdrop; to wiretap
器 qiè tīng qì tapping device; bug
xì tīng to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
為虛,眼見為實 ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.; It ain't necessarily so.
líng tīng to listen (respectfully)
聳人聞 sǒng rén tīng wén to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
上去 tīng shàng qu to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc); to seem
不到 tīng bu dào can't hear
不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing
不見 tīng bu jiàn not be able to hear