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

不進去 tīng bù jìn qu not to listen; to be deaf to
之任之 tīng zhī rèn zhī to take a laissez-faire attitude
事 tīng shì to hold audience; to advise on state affairs; to administer state affairs; audience hall; to listen in
任 tīng rèn to let (sth happen); to allow (sb to do sth); to submit to; to yield
來 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 tīng xìn to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears
信謠言 tīng xìn yáo yán to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)
候 tīng hòu to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
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
其言而觀其行 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
其言觀其行 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
到 tīng dào to hear
力 tīng lì hearing; listening ability
力理解 tīng lì lǐ jiě listening comprehension
友 tīng yǒu listener (of a radio program etc)
取 tīng qǔ to hear (news); to listen to
君一席話,勝讀十年書 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)
命 tīng mìng to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs
天安命 tīng tiān ān mìng to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
天由命 tīng tiān yóu mìng to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
審 tīng shěn to attend court; to take part in a trial
審會 tīng shěn huì hearing (law)
寫 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by ear
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