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

訟 tīng sòng to hear litigation (in a law court); to hear a case
診器 tīng zhěn qì stethoscope
話 tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient
聲,鑼鼓音 tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
說 tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
課 tīng kè to attend a class; to go to a lecture
講 tīng jiǎng to attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
證會 tīng zhèng huì (legislative) hearing
起來 tīng qi lai to sound like
錯 tīng cuò to mishear
閾 tīng yù audibility threshold
隨 tīng suí to obey; to allow
頭 tīng tóu a can (loanword from English "tin")
風就是雨 tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom); to believe rumors; to be credulous
骨 tīng gǔ ossicles (in the middle ear); also written 聽小骨|听小骨
骨鏈 tīng gǔ liàn chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
虛己以 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
言者無意,者有心 yán zhě wú yì , tīng zhě yǒu xīn to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
計從 yán tīng jì cóng to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice; to take sb at his word
shì tīng audition; to give sb an audition; to check by listening
帶 shì tīng dài demo recording (music)
dì tīng to listen carefully
途說 dào tīng tú shuō gossip; hearsay; rumor