聽
See also: 听 and 聴
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Translingual
| Traditional | 聽 |
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| Shinjitai | 聴 |
| Simplified | 听 |
Han character
聽 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸土十田心 (SGJWP), four-corner 14131, composition ⿰⿹耳𡈼𢛳)
Derived characters
- * 廳, 㕔, 𪢧, 𢺭
Related characters
- 聴 (Japanese shinjitai)
- 听 (Simplified Chinese)
Usage notes
- 耳王十四一心 is a phrase used to remember this character, based on the order of the strokes.
Further reading
- KangXi: page 970, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29211
- Dae Jaweon: page 1422, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2799, character 14
- Unihan data for U+807D
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 聽 | |||||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | ||
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script | Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (聖) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 檉 | *l̥ʰeŋ |
| 蟶 | *l̥ʰeŋ |
| 聖 | *hljeŋs |
| 聽 | *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs |
| 廳 | *l̥ʰeːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs) : phonetic 𡈼 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ) + semantic 耳 (“ear”) + semantic 㥁.
Originally ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 耳 (“ear”) + 口 (“mouth(s)”) – to listen. Compare 聖.
Etymology 1
| trad. | 聽 | |
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| simp. | 听* | |
| alternative forms | 聴 聼 𦗟 𦔻 ancient 𠯸 聴 聼 𦗟 𦔻 ancient 𠯸 𦔽 𦕢 𦕘 𦖆 𦘏 𪢧 | |
This is traditionally considered to have the same origin as 聖 (OC *hljeŋs, “to hear; wise; sage”) and 聲 (OC *qʰjeŋ, “sound”). Additionally, it may be also related to 聆 (OC *reːŋ, “to hear; to listen”) (Wang, 1982).
Outside connections unclear, although note Proto-Hlai *hliːŋ (“to hear (it said)”) from Pre-Hlai *(h)leːŋ (Norquest, 2007).
Derivatives:
- 廳 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, “hall, i.e. where hearings take place”)
- 廷 (OC *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ, “palace courtyard”).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
聽
- to listen; to hear; to listen to (radio, etc.)
- 請仔細聽。／请仔细听。 ― Qǐng zǐxì tīng. ― Please listen carefully.
- 我中意聽音樂。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- ngo5 zung1 ji3 teng1 jam1 ngok6. [Jyutping]
- I like to listen to music.
我中意听音乐。 [Cantonese, simp.]- 你聽有無？／你听有无？ [Hokkien] ― Lí thiaⁿ ū-bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Can you understand what you heard or not?
- 你敢有聽著咱唱歌，唱出艱苦人的苦痛？ [Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 吳易澄, 你敢有聽著咱唱歌 ("Do You Hear the People Sing")
- Lí kám ū thiaⁿ-tio̍h lán chhiùⁿ-koa, chhiùⁿ chhut kan-khó͘ lâng ê khó͘-thiàⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Do you hear us sing, singing the pain of suffering people?
你敢有听着咱唱歌，唱出艰苦人的苦痛？ [Hokkien, simp.]
- to obey; to heed
- 聽話／听话 ― tīnghuà ― obedient; to obey
- 我勸他別去，他不聽。 [MSC, trad.]
- Wǒ quàn tā bié qù, tā bù tīng. [Pinyin]
- I advised him not to go, but he wouldn't listen.
我劝他别去，他不听。 [MSC, simp.]
- to allow; to let
- Alternative form of 廳／厅 (tīng, “hall”).
- (Shanghainese Wu, slang) a thousand of a currency denomination
- (Wenzhou Wu) to smell
- (Cantonese) to pick up the phone
Synonyms
- (to hear):
Dialectal synonyms of 聽 (“to hear; to listen”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 聞, 聽, 聆 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聽 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 聽 |
| Taiwan | 聽 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 聽 | |
| Jinan | 聽 | |
| Luoyang | 聽 | |
| Wanrong | 聽 | |
| Xi'an | 聽 | |
| Wuhan | 聽 | |
| Chengdu | 聽 | |
| Guilin | 聽 | |
| Yangzhou | 聽 | |
| Hefei | 聽 | |
| Malaysia | 聽 | |
| Singapore | 聽 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聽 |
| Hong Kong | 聽 | |
| Macau | 聽 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 聽 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 聽 | |
| Taishan | 聽 | |
| Yangjiang | 聽 | |
| Beihai | 聽 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 聽 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 聽 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 聽 | |
| Danzhou | 聽 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 聽 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 聽 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 聽 | |
| Móng Cái | 聽 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 聽 |
| Lichuan | 聽 | |
| Pingxiang | 聽 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 聽 |
| Xingning | 聽 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 聽 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 聽 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 知 | |
| Changting | 知 | |
| Wuping | 聽 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 聽 | |
| Liancheng | 聽 | |
| Ninghua | 聽 | |
| Ruijin | 聽 | |
| Shicheng | 知 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 聽 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 聽 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 聽 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 聽 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 聽 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 聽 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 聽 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 聽 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 聽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 聽 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 聽聆 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) | 聽聆 | |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 聽 | |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 聽聆 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 聽 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 聽 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 聽 | |
| Quanzhou | 聽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 聽 | |
| Zhao'an | 聽 | |
| Taipei | 聽 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 聽 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 聽 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 聽 | |
| Chaozhou | 聽 | |
| Shantou | 聽 | |
| Jieyang | 聽 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 聽 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 聽 | |
| Leizhou | 聽 | |
| Wenchang | 聽 | |
| Haikou | 聽 | |
| Qionghai | 聽 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 聽 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 聽 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 聽 | |
| Suzhou | 聽 | |
| Danyang | 聽 | |
| Wenzhou | 聽 | |
| Jinhua | 聽 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聽 |
| Shuangfeng | 聽 | |
| Jiangyong | 聞 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
- (to smell):
Dialectal synonyms of 聞 (“to smell”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
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| Classical Chinese | 聞, 嗅 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聞, 嗅 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 聞 |
| Taiwan | 聞 | |
| Tianjin | 聞 | |
| Harbin | 聞 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 聽 | |
| Jinan | 聞 | |
| Luoyang | 聞 | |
| Wanrong | 聞 | |
| Xi'an | 聞 | |
| Xining | 聞 | |
| Ürümqi | 聞 | |
| Wuhan | 聞 | |
| Chengdu | 聞 | |
| Guiyang | 聞 | |
| Xuzhou | 聞 | |
| Yangzhou | 聞 | |
| Nanjing | 聞 | |
| Hefei | 聞 | |
| Malaysia | 嗅 | |
| Singapore | 嗅, 聞 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聞, 嗅 |
| Hong Kong | 聞 | |
| Taishan | 聞 | |
| Dongguan | 聞 | |
| Yangjiang | 聞 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 聞 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 聞 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嗅 |
| Lichuan | 聽 | |
| Pingxiang | 聽 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鼻 |
| Xingning | 鼻 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 鼻 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鼻, 聞 | |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 鼻 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 鼻 | |
| Wuhua (Changbu) | 鼻 | |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) | 鼻 | |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) | 嗅 | |
| Wengyuan | 鼻 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 聞 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 鼻 | |
| Liannan | 聞 | |
| Jiexi | 鼻 | |
| Luhe | 鼻 | |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 鼻 | |
| Changting | 鼻 | |
| Wuping | 鼻 | |
| Wuping (Yanqian) | 鼻 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 鼻 | |
| Liancheng | 鼻 | |
| Ninghua | 鼻 | |
| Ningdu | 鼻 | |
| Ruijin | 鼻 | |
| Shicheng | 嗅 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 嗅 | |
| Tonggu (Sandu) | 嗅 | |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) | 嗅 | |
| Dayu | 嗅 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鼻 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鼻 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鼻 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鼻 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鼻 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鼻 | |
| Hong Kong | 鼻 | |
| Mengshan (Xihe) | 鼻 | |
| Luchuan | 嗅 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 鼻 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 鼻 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 聞 |
| Xinzhou | 聞 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鼻 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) | 鼻 | |
| Songxi | 鼻 | |
| Zhenghe | 鼻 | |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 鼻 | |
| Jianyang | 鼻 | |
| Wuyishan | 鼻 | |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 鼻 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 鼻 |
| Changle | 鼻 | |
| Fuqing | 鼻 | |
| Yongtai | 鼻 | |
| Gutian | 嗅 | |
| Fu'an | 嗅 | |
| Ningde | 嗅 | |
| Shouning | 嗅 | |
| Zhouning | 嗅 | |
| Fuding | 嗅 | |
| Matsu | 鼻 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 鼻 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 鼻 | |
| Quanzhou | 鼻 | |
| Yongchun | 鼻 | |
| Zhangzhou | 鼻 | |
| Zhao'an | 鼻 | |
| Tainan | 鼻 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 味 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 鼻 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 鼻 | |
| Chaozhou | 鼻 | |
| Shantou | 鼻 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 鼻 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 鼻 | |
| Jieyang | 鼻 | |
| Haifeng | 鼻 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 鼻 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鼻 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 鼻 | |
| Leizhou | 鼻 | |
| Wenchang | 鼻 | |
| Haikou | 鼻 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 鼻 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鼻 |
| Xianyou | 鼻 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 聞 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 聞, 嗅 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 聽 | |
| Suzhou | 聞 | |
| Danyang | 聞 | |
| Hangzhou | 聞 | |
| Ningbo | 嗅 | |
| Wenzhou | 嗅, 聽 | |
| Jinhua | 聞 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聞 |
| Loudi | 聞 | |
| Shuangfeng | 嗅 | |
| Jiangyong | 聞 | |
- (to pick up the phone): 接 (jiē)
Compounds
Derived terms from 聽
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Pronunciation 2
Definitions
聽
- † to handle (matters of state); to administer
- 聽政／听政 ― tīngzhèng ― to handle matters of state
- to adjudicate
- 聽獄／听狱 ― tīngyù ― to hear lawsuits
- to allow
- 摘瓜法：在步道上，引手而取；勿聽浪人踏瓜蔓，及翻覆之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 544 CE, Jia Sixie, Qimin Yaoshu
- Zhāiguā fǎ: zài bùdào shàng, yǐn shǒu ér qǔ; wù tīng làngrén tà guāmàn, jí fānfù zhī. [Pinyin]
- How to pluck melons: on the footpath, reach out one's hands and take them; do not allow drifters to trample the melon-vines and toss and turn them [melons].
摘瓜法：在步道上，引手而取；勿听浪人踏瓜蔓，及翻覆之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (Cantonese) to wait a little
- (Cantonese) to wait for something inevitable to happen
- 你咁懶，聽畀人鬧。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- nei5 gam3 laan5, ting3 bei2 jan4 naau6. [Jyutping]
- You are so lazy. You're going to be scolded for sure.
你咁懒，听畀人闹。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Compounds
Derived terms from 聽
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Pronunciation 3
Definitions
聽
- (mahjong) to need (one or more particular tiles) to complete a hand to win
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 叫 (giu3)
Compounds
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Etymology 2
| trad. | 聽 | |
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| simp. | 听* | |
From English tin.
Pronunciation
Definitions
聽
- can; tin
- Synonym: 聽子／听子 (tīngzi)
- 聽裝／听装 ― tīngzhuāng ― canned (drink, food etc.)
- Classifier for canned drinks.
Compounds
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Etymology 3
| trad. | 聽 | |
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| simp. | 听* | |
| alternative forms | 𪢧 | |
See 聽日／听日.
Pronunciation
Definitions
聽
- (Cantonese) tomorrow
- 聽日／听日 [Cantonese] ― ting1 jat6 [Jyutping] ― tomorrow
- 聽晚／听晚 [Cantonese] ― ting1 maan5 [Jyutping] ― tomorrow evening
Compounds
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References
- “聽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Further reading
- “Entry #13260”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Shinjitai | 聴 |
Kyūjitai | 聽 |
Kanji
聽
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 聴)
- to listen; to hear
- to allow
Readings
- Go-on: ちょう (chō)
- Kan-on: てい (tei)
- Kun: きく (kiku, 聽く); ゆるす (yurusu, 聽す)
Korean
Hanja
聽 (eumhun 들을 청 (deureul cheong))
- Hanja form? of 청 (“to listen”).
Vietnamese
Han character
聽: Hán Nôm readings: thính, xính
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