听 (tīng): meaning and stroke order
听 (tīng) means to listen to; to hear, to heed; to obey, a can (loanword from English "tin").
听
- Simplified
- 听
- Traditional
- 聽, 听
- Pinyin
- tīng · yǐn
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Stroke order of 听
听
- yǐn smile (archaic)
- tīng to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 聽
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Meaning of 听
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tīng
Traditional 聽
- 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])
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yǐn
- smile (archaic)
Radical and structure
- 听
- Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 7 strokes · 口 on the left, 斤 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 听
- 听信 tīng xìn to listen to information; to get the news
- 听到 tīng dào to hear
- 听见 tīng jiàn to hear
- 听说 tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that)
- 听证会 tīng zhèng huì (legislative) hearing
- 听起来 tīng qi lai to sound like
听 in our stories
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他们听到了手机的声音，可是声音很小。
tāmen tīng dào le shǒujī de shēngyīn kěshì shēngyīn hěn xiǎo
They hear his phone ring, but very faintly.
From the story Where's my phone? HSK 2
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她只好说真话：“我奶奶年轻的时候去过很多地方，我从小就爱听她讲旅行的故事。”
tā zhǐhǎo shuō zhēnhuà wǒ nǎinai niánqīng de shíhou qù guò hěn duō dìfang wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù ài tīng tā jiǎng lǚxíng de gùshi
She has no choice but to tell the truth: "My grandma travelled a lot when she was young. Ever since I was little, I've loved listening to her travel stories."
From the story The honest answer HSK 3
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没想到，对方的经理听得很认真，还问了好几个问题。
méi xiǎngdào duìfāng de jīnglǐ tīng de hěn rènzhēn hái wèn le hǎo jǐ gè wèntí
To his surprise, the other side's manager listened carefully and asked several questions.
From the story Three circles HSK 4
Stories using 听
- Where's my phone? HSK 2
- The honest answer HSK 3
- Three circles HSK 4
- Pull-ups HSK 4
- The identical suitcase HSK 4
- Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).