聽

tìng = ti + (e)ng4

(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow

ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1

to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])

听 = 口 + 斤 : Mother Teresa (ti) is listening to the sound that is made when a barbell (斤) squashes a mandarin (口) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

聽 character breakdown

The character 聽 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 聽 as component

ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1

(reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department

厅 = 丁 + 厂 : Mother Teresa (ti) build a dining hall (厅) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). She nailed (丁) a chocolate factory (厂) to the ceiling of the dining hall so that you just have to stand below it to let the chocolate flow into your mouth.

Words with 聽

pleasant to hear

to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around

to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop

to monitor / to listen in / to eavesdrop

to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears

to listen to (a radio broadcast)

to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class)

to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry

worth hearing a hundred times

to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods

lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)

to answer the phone

hard of hearing / hearing-impaired

refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance / incorrigible

to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner (idiom)

unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously

The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.

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to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself. / It ain't necessarily so.

see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2]

(idiom) do as you see fit / do whatever you like / (I, we) leave it in your hands

Sentences with 聽

聽 currently does not appear in any sentence.