Definition
听 (tīng) means 'to listen' — the active act of paying attention to sound. It differs from 听见 (tīng jiàn) 'to hear', which is the passive perception of sound (whether you intend to or not). 听说 (tīng shuō) means 'to hear (that)' — receiving information from someone, not just sound.
verb
to listento hear
Easily confused
- 折zhélook-aliketo break, to fracture
- 停tíngsound-aliketo stop
- 斩zhǎnlook-aliketo behead (as capital punishment)
- 挺tǐngsound-alike(adverb) quite, rather (colloquial, softer than 很)
- 断duànlook-aliketo break, to snap (physically)
- 近jìnlook-alikenear; close (in distance or time)
Examples
- 听。Wǒ tīng péngyou dú Yīngyǔ.I listen to my friend read English.
- 听。Tā xǐhuan tīng wǒ shuō.He likes listening to me talk.
- 听？Nǐmen tīng lǎoshī de huà ma?Do you listen to what the teacher says?
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