傾耳

Chinese

		to overturn; to collapse; to lean to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out	ear
trad. (傾耳)		傾	耳
simp. (倾耳)		倾	耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīng'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king¹ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīng'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cing-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-êrh³
    • Yale: chīng-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingeel
    • Palladius: цинъэр (cinʺer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: kīng yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king¹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: king¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

Verb

傾⫽耳 (verb-object)

1. to prick up one's ears
2. to listen attentively

   Synonym: 側耳／侧耳 (cè'ěr)

   • 農夫莫不輟耕釋耒，褕衣甘食，傾耳以待命者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     农夫莫不辍耕释耒，褕衣甘食，倾耳以待命者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Nóngfū mòbù chuò gēng shì lěi, yú yī gān shí, qīng'ěr yǐ dài mìng zhě. [Pinyin]

     There is no farmer that does not plow the fields and till the land, in want of fine clothing and good food, keeping their ears open, ready for orders.

Derived terms

• 傾耳拭目／倾耳拭目
• 傾耳注目
• 傾耳細聽／倾耳细听
• 傾耳而聽／倾耳而听
• 拭目傾耳／拭目倾耳

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
傾	耳

Noun

傾耳 • (gyeong'i) (hangeul 경이)

1. Hanja form^? of 경이 (“careful listening”).