Chinese–EnglishWith examples

听

yǐn · yin/tīng · ting

Traditional 聽

HSK 1

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

yǐn 听

  1. smile (archaic)

tīng 聽

  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])

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)听(tīng)了(le)，但(dàn)什(shén)么(me)也(yě)没(méi)听(tīng)到(dào)。

I listened, but I didn't hear anything.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)藉(jiè)由(yóu)听(tīng)音(yīn)乐(yuè)来(lái)鼓(gǔ)舞(wǔ)我(wǒ)自(zì)己(jǐ)。

I cheered myself up by listening to music.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

Sources & licenses

How to write

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

More words starting with YExplore words in context