听/聽 tīng — to listen, to hear

Meanings

1. 1

   to listen, to hear

   To listen. Chinese does not separate listening from hearing the way English does; when the result matters, the compound 听见 "to hear" is used.

   verb
2. 2

   to obey, to do as one is told

   verb

   听…的话 means to do as someone says: 他不听我的话 "he doesn’t listen to me".

Example sentences

• 你听，老师来了。/你聽，老師來了。Nǐ (third tone, dipping) tīng, (first tone, high and level) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) lái (second tone, rising) le. (neutral tone)···

  Listen — the teacher’s coming.

• 他不听我的话。/他不聽我的話。Tā (first tone, high and level) bù (fourth tone, falling) tīng (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) huà. (fourth tone, falling)···

  He doesn’t listen to me.

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