聽

See also: 听 and 聴

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 𡈼 + semantic 耳 + semantic 㥁 (𦗟)

Han character

聽 (radical 128 耳+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸土十田心 (SGJWP), four-corner 1413₁, composition ⿰⿹耳𡈼𢛳)

Usage notes

• 耳王十四一心 is a method used to remember this character, based on the order of the strokes.

References

• KangXi: page 970, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29211
• Dae Jaweon: page 1422, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2799, character 14
• Unihan data for U+807D

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Chinese

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trad.		聽
simp.		听

Alternative forms

• 聼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīng (ting¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teng¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): thâng
• Min Nan (POJ): thiaⁿ / thèng / theng
• Wu (WT Romanisation): thin (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ing¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ting
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: teng¹
    • Yale: tēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: teng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /tʰaŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ / thèng / theng
    • Tâi-lô: thiann / thìng / thing
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiã⁴⁴/, /tʰɪŋ¹¹/, /tʰɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiã³⁴/, /tʰɪŋ²¹/, /tʰɪŋ³⁴/
  • Note: thèng, theng are literary (文).
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: thin (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɪɲ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (聽, reconstructed)
Character (聽), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 透 (6) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 他丁切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tʰeŋ/	/tʰieŋ/	/tʰeŋ/	/tʰeŋ/	/tʰɛjŋ/	/tʰieŋ/	/tʰɛŋ/
Character (聽), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 透 (6) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 他定切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tʰeŋH/	/tʰieŋH/	/tʰeŋH/	/tʰeŋH/	/tʰɛjŋH/	/tʰieŋH/	/tʰɛŋH/

Verb

聽

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to listen; to hear

   請仔細聽。 [MSC, trad.]

   请仔细听。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng zǐxì tīng. [Pinyin]

   Please listen carefully

2. (Beginning Mandarin) to obey

   我勸他別去，他不聽。 [MSC, trad.]

   我劝他别去，他不听。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ quàn tā bié qù, tā bù tīng. [Pinyin]

   I advised him not to go, but he wouldn't listen.

Derived terms

Derived terms

聽便 聽到 聽得到 聽力 聽起來 聽取 聽任 聽信 傾聽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tìng (ting⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting¹
• Wu (WT Romanisation): thin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ing⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinq
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting¹
    • Yale: tīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: thin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɪɲ²³/

Verb

聽

1. (archaic) to handle (matters of state)

   聽政 / 听政  ―  tìngzhèng  ―  to handle matters of state

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Kanji

聽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ちょう (chō), てい (tei)
• Kun: きく (kiku), ゆるす (yurusu)

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Korean

Hanja

聽 (cheong) (hangeul 청, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏng, Yale cheng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聽 (thính, xính)

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