听 聽 tīng to listen to / to hear / to heed / to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be / to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer / to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) syn 听说 聽說 tīng shuō to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking syn 听到 聽到 tīng dào to hear syn 听见 聽見 tīng jiàn to hear syn 好听 好聽 hǎo tīng pleasant to hear syn 听取 聽取 tīng qǔ to hear (news) / to listen to syn 审理 審理 shěn lǐ to hear (a case) syn 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly / to treat unjustly / injustice / wronged / not worthwhile syn 错怪 錯怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly syn 受理 shòu lǐ to accept to hear a case / to handle (a service) 耳闻 耳聞 ěr wén to hear of / to hear about syn 难听 難聽 nán tīng unpleasant to hear / coarse / vulgar / offensive / shameful syn 不闻不问 不聞不問 bù wén bù wèn not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned syn 错位 錯位 cuò wèi to be wrongly positioned / to be dislocated / to be misplaced / (medicine) to be in malposition / (fig.) erroneous / eccentric 获知 獲知 huò zhī to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth) syn 置若罔闻 置若罔聞 zhì ruò wǎng wén to turn a deaf ear to (idiom) / to pretend not to hear syn 闻风丧胆 聞風喪膽 wén fēng sàng dǎn hear the wind and lose gall (idiom) / terror-stricken at the news syn 再审 再審 zài shěn to hear a case again / review / retrial syn 听而不闻 聽而不聞 tīng ér bù wén to hear but not react (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately syn 喜闻乐见 喜聞樂見 xǐ wén lè jiàn to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking syn 振聋发聩 振聾發聵 zhèn lóng fā kuì lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom) / rousing even the apathetic syn 别字 別字 bié zì mispronounced or wrongly written character syn 不懂 bù dǒng not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension 听说过 聽說過 tīng shuō guo to hear said 听不到 聽不到 tīng bu dào can't hear 听来 聽來 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 听不见 聽不見 tīng bu jiàn not be able to hear 听闻 聽聞 tīng wén to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard 忽闻 忽聞 hū wén to hear suddenly / to learn of sth unexpectedly 言听计从 言聽計從 yán tīng jì cóng to see, hear and obey (idiom) / to take advice / to take sb at his word syn 白字 bái zì wrongly written or mispronounced character syn 闻见 聞見 wén jiàn to smell / to hear / knowledge / information 闻 聞 wén to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at syn 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn 聆 líng (literary) to hear / to listen syn 逆耳 nì ěr unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths) syn 偏听偏信 偏聽偏信 piān tīng piān xìn selective listening / to hear what one wants to hear syn 中听 中聽 zhōng tīng pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1] syn 口无择言 口無擇言 kǒu wú zé yán to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom) / wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2] 惨不忍闻 慘不忍聞 cǎn bù rěn wén (idiom) dreadful to hear 闻一知十 聞一知十 wén yī zhī shí lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom) / fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise 听其言而观其行 聽其言而觀其行 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 逆耳之言 nì ěr zhī yán speech that grates on the ear (idiom) / bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear) 听断 聽斷 tīng duàn to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court) / to hear and decide 听讼 聽訟 tīng sòng to hear litigation (in a law court) / to hear a case 噅 huī to speak falsely or wrongly / ugly 𠯠 噅 huī to speak falsely or wrongly / ugly 受听 受聽 shòu tīng nice to hear / worth listening to syn 塞耳 sāi ěr to block one's ears (not wishing to hear) 发聋振聩 發聾振聵 fā lóng zhèn kuì lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom) / rousing even the apathetic syn 耳听为虚，眼见为实 耳聽為虛，眼見為實 ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí (idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing 闻悉 聞悉 wén xī to hear (about sth) 听其言观其行 聽其言觀其行 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 听会 聽會 tīng huì to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed) 听清 聽清 tīng qīng to hear clearly 若要人不知，除非己莫为 若要人不知，除非己莫為 ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it. 见说 見說 jiàn shuō to hear what was said 竖起耳朵 豎起耳朵 shù qǐ ěr duo to prick up one's ears / to strain to hear sth 世界应该更多倾听的十个故事 世界應該更多傾聽的十個故事 Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About 穷人之声－你听到我们的倾诉了吗？ 窮人之聲－你聽到我們的傾訴了嗎？ Voices of the poor - Can anyone hear us? 愿闻其详 願聞其詳 yuàn wén qí xiáng I'd like to hear the details 叨扰 叨擾 tāo rǎo to bother / to trouble / (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you / thank you for your time 