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"to listen attentively" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
倾听 傾聽 qīng tīng to listen attentively syn
倾耳而听 傾耳而聽 qīng ěr ér tīng to listen attentively
倾耳 傾耳 qīng ěr to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
注视 注視 zhù shì to look attentively at / to closely watch / to gaze at syn
监听 監聽 jiān tīng to monitor / to listen in / to eavesdrop
听从 聽從 tīng cóng to listen and obey / to comply with / to heed / to hearken syn
聆听 聆聽 líng tīng to listen (respectfully) syn
听取 聽取 tīng qǔ to hear (news) / to listen to syn
动听 動聽 dòng tīng pleasant to listen to syn
洗耳恭听 洗耳恭聽 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears syn
收听 收聽 shōu tīng to listen to (a radio broadcast) syn
听信 聽信 tīng xìn to listen to information / to get the news / to believe what one hears syn
听讲 聽講 tīng jiǎng to attend a lecture / to listen to a talk syn
充耳不闻 充耳不聞 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear syn
研读 研讀 yán dú to study attentively (a book) / to delve into
侧耳 側耳 cè ěr to bend an ear (to) / to listen
听闻 聽聞 tīng wén to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
谛听 諦聽 dì tīng to listen carefully syn
听书 聽書 tīng shū to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话[ping2hua4] / to listen to an audiobook
掩耳 yǎn ěr to refuse to listen
盯 dīng to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at syn
依 yī to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of syn
聆 líng (literary) to hear / to listen syn
讳疾忌医 諱疾忌醫 huì jí jì yī hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom) / fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice syn
虚己以听 虛己以聽 xū jǐ yǐ tīng to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
倾耳细听 傾耳細聽 qīng ěr xì tīng to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
俯首倾耳 俯首傾耳 fǔ shǒu qīng ěr to bend one's head and listen attentively (idiom)
拭目倾耳 拭目傾耳 shì mù qīng ěr to watch and listen attentively
嫈 yīng attentively / carefully
瑱 tiàn (literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up
且听下回分解 且聽下回分解 qiě tīng xià huí fēn jiě to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
眼观六路耳听八方 眼觀六路耳聽八方 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)
细听 細聽 xì tīng to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
听墙根 聽牆根 tīng qiáng gēn to eavesdrop / to listen in secret to sb's conversations
屡劝不听 屢勸不聽 lǚ quàn bù tīng (idiom) refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance / incorrigible
听事 聽事 tīng shì to hold audience / to advise on state affairs / to administer state affairs / audience hall / to listen in
听不进去 聽不進去 tīng bù jìn qu not to listen / to be deaf to
眼观四面，耳听八方 眼觀四面，耳聽八方 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
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
兼听则明，偏信则暗 兼聽則明，偏信則暗 jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn listen to both sides and you will be enlightened / heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
听劝 聽勸 tīng quàn to heed advice / to listen to counsel
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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