听
tīng
to listen; to hear
Type: VerbsHSK 1
Radical 口 + 斤 (axe, phonetic). To listen is to pay attention with mouth and ears.
Listening to music is 听音乐 (tīng yīnyuè). It also means 'to obey' (听话, tīng huà, 'to heed the words'). In medicine, 听 can mean 'to auscultate' (听诊, tīng zhěn).
口kǒumouth
斤jīnaxe
请听我说。
Qǐng tīng wǒ shuō.
Please listen to me.
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