听
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Definitions
- 1. to listen to; to hear
- 2. to heed; to obey
- 3. a can (loanword from English \tin\)
- 4. classifier for canned beverages
- 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [tìng])
- 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [tìng])
Words Containing 听
to listen attentively
pleasant to listen to
pleasant to hear
to ask about
to answer the phone
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
to hear
hearing
to hear (news); to listen to
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise)
to listen and obey
audience
to hear
obedient
to hear (sth said)
to attend a lecture
unpleasant to hear
shocking
to disobey
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)
to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
selective listening
to eavesdrop
to eavesdrop
to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
to listen attentively
listener
public hearing
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
hearing aid
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
to startle sb with scary tale
nice to hear
lit. to govern from behind the curtain
The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times.
unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously
to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner (idiom)
refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance
auditory hallucination
hard of hearing
(idiom) do as you see fit
see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wéi mìng shì cóng]
to make inquiries
to sit in on (proceedings)
to listen with respectful attention
to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods
worth hearing a hundred times
to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop
to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions
see 眼觀四面，耳聽八方|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)
to eavesdrop
tapping device
to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing
to listen (respectfully)
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc)
can't hear
unable to make sense of what one is hearing
not be able to hear
not to listen
to take a laissez-faire attitude
to advise on state affairs
to let (sth happen)
to ring (true)
to listen to information
to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)
to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
to allow sb to do sth at his convenience
to let things take their course
hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
listening comprehension
listener (of a radio program etc)
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
to obey an order
to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
to submit to the will of heaven
to attend court
hearing (law)
ossicles (of the middle ear)
to mishear
to understand (by hearing)
audible
to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
to understand (on hearing)
to attend an opera
to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court)
to listen to stories
to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
to hear clearly
to eavesdrop
surface of wall
(mahjong) to be one tile away from completing a hand
to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
telephone receiver
listener
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
to listen
fed up of hearing
lit. on hearing wind, to say rain
sense of hearing
to hear litigation (in a law court)
stethoscope
to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
to attend a class
(legislative) hearing
to sound like
to mishear
to obey
a can (loanword from English \tin\)
lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom)
ossicles (in the middle ear)
chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
double hearing
evidence of material seen and heard
to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice
audition
demo recording (music)
to listen carefully
gossip; hearsay; rumor
selective listening (linguistics)
hard of hearing
to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears
Walkman (trademark)