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

岔 tīng chà to mishear; to hear wrongly
得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)
得見 tīng dé jiàn audible
從 tīng cóng to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
憑 tīng píng to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
懂 tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
戲 tīng xì to attend an opera; to see an opera
房 tīng fáng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
斷 tīng duàn to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court); to hear and decide
書 tīng shū to listen to stories; to listen to performance of 說書|说书 storytelling
會 tīng huì to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
清 tīng qīng to hear clearly
牆根 tīng qiáng gēn to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations
牆根兒 tīng qiáng gēn r erhua variant of 聽牆根|听墙根[ting1 qiang2 gen1]
牆面 tīng qiáng miàn surface of wall
眾 tīng zhòng audience; listeners
窗 tīng chuāng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
筒 tīng tǒng telephone receiver; headphone; earphone; earpiece; stethoscope
者 tīng zhě listener; member of audience
而不聞 tīng ér bù wén to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear; to ignore deliberately
聞 tīng wén to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard
膩了 tīng nì le fed up of hearing
見 tīng jiàn to hear
見風就是雨 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
覺 tīng jué sense of hearing; auditory