听
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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])
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #588 U+542C
How 听 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Words 口 reaching an ear 斤
How to remember it
listen · Heisig RSH #925
口 mouth + tomahawk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 听
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 言者无意，听者有心 | yán zhě wú yì , tīng zhě yǒu xīn | to take a casual remark to heart (idiom) |
| 公听会 | gōng tīng huì | public hearing |
| 听天安命 | tīng tiān ān mìng | to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom) |
| 听力理解 | tīng lì lǐ jiě | listening comprehension |
| 尽人事，听天命 | jìn rén shì , tīng tiān mìng | (idiom) to do one's best and leave the rest to fate; to do everything within one's power, … |
| 眼观四面，耳听八方 | 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 … |
| 听不见 | tīng bu jiàn | not be able to hear |
| 眼观四处，耳听八方 | yǎn guān sì chù , ěr tīng bā fāng | see 眼觀四面，耳聽八方|眼观四面，耳听八方[yan3 guan1 si4 mian4 , er3 ting1 ba1 fang1] |
| 不听命 | bù tīng mìng | to disobey |
| 听小骨 | tīng xiǎo gǔ | ossicles (of the middle ear); three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: s… |
| 眼见为实，耳听为虚 | yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū | see 耳聽為虛，眼見為實|耳听为虚，眼见为实[er3 ting1 wei2 xu1 , yan3 jian4 wei2 shi2] |
| 耳听为虚，眼见为实 | ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí | (idiom) what one hears may be unreliable, but what one sees is true; seeing is believing |
| 听头 | tīng tóu | a can (loanword from English "tin") |
| 中听 | zhōng tīng | pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news); to one's liking; music to one's ears; Taiwan pr. [… |
| 听起来 | tīng qi lai | to sound like |
| 听之任之 | tīng zhī rèn zhī | (idiom) to take a laissez-faire attitude; to turn a blind eye (towards sth undesirable) |
| 动听 | dòng tīng | pleasant to listen to |
| 听得见 | tīng de jiàn | to be able to hear; can hear |
| 听会 | tīng huì | to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed) |
| 听其自然 | tīng qí zì rán | to let things take their course; to take things as they come |