in English

tīng verb HSK 1
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])
tìng
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow

Measure word

  • (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
  • next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard... attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 听 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 听 Show the animation
Le caractère 聽 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

  • Small seal script: 听 Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • ­我回来就解释给你听怎么用。

    I'll explain to you how to use it when I come back.

  • Tatoeba:听过句子打架吗?是啊,那是我们为好玩做的。

    Tatoeba: Ever heard of sentence fights? Yeah, that's what we do for fun.

  • 上次去看雷帝嘎嘎的演唱会, 儘管她唱完歌了,很多听歌的人却不满足。

    Last time I went to a Lady Gaga concert, although she finished all her songs, many members of the audience were not satisfied.

  • 不要听风就是雨。

    If you hear hoofbeats, don't look for zebras.

  • 乔治,如果你不听广播,就把它关掉。

    George, if you are not listening to the radio, turn it off.

  • 从那时以后,我们再也没听到他的任何音讯。

    Thereafter we heard no more from him.

  • 他一面开车一面听收音机的音乐。

    He drove the car, listening to music on the radio.

  • 他们有眼睛,但看不见;有耳朵,但听不见。

    They have eyes but they do not see - ears, and they do not hear.

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