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