听
Meaning
- to listen to; to hear
- to heed; to obey
- a can (loanword from English "tin")
Example sentence
我没听懂。
I didn't catch that.
The character 听
听 is 口, a mouth, beside 斤 in the simplified form. To listen: 听音乐, with 听见 and 听到 for what the listening caught. 听说 is to hear that, and 听话 said of a child means obedient.
Words containing 听
- 好听 hǎo tīng pleasant to hear
- 听到 tīng dào to hear
- 听见 tīng jiàn to hear
- 听写 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation
- 难听 nán tīng unpleasant to hear
- 听讲 tīng jiǎng to attend a lecture
- 听说 tīng shuō to hear (sth said)
- 打听 dǎ ting to ask about
- 收听 shōu tīng to listen to (a radio broadcast)
- 听力 tīng lì hearing
- 听众 tīng zhòng audience