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聽

See also: 听, 聴, and 咱
聽 U+807D, 聽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-807D
← 聼
[U+807C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 聾 →
[U+807E]

Translingual

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Traditional 聽
Shinjitai 聴
Simplified 听

Han character

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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

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Usage notes

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  • 耳王十四一心 is a phrase used to remember this character, based on the order of the strokes.

Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (聖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
檉 *l̥ʰeŋ
蟶 *l̥ʰeŋ
聖 *hljeŋs
聽 *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
廳 *l̥ʰeːŋ

Originally 𦔻, hence ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 耳 (“ear”) + 口 (“mouth(s)”) – to listen. Compare the top component of 聖.

Later, rewritten as phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs) : phonetic 𡈼 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ) + semantic 耳 (“ear”) + semantic 㥁 on the right.

The simplified version, 听, is totally unrelated to the original character and it originally means "smiling".

Etymology 1

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trad. 聽
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

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Note:
  • teng1 - vernacular;
  • ting1, ting3 - literary.
Note:
  • Meixian:
    • tang1 - vernacular;
    • tin4 - literary.
Note:
  • tia1/tiaⁿ1 - vernacular;
  • teng1 - literary.
Note:
  • thiaⁿ - vernacular;
  • thèng/theng - literary.
Note:
  • tian1 - vernacular;
  • têng3 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 聽 (好聽)
Mandarin Beijing /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /tʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /tʰiŋ²¹/
Jinan /tʰiŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /tʰiŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /tʰiŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /tʰiŋ²¹/
Xining /tʰiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /tʰĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /tʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /tʰin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /tʰin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /tʰin⁵⁵/
Kunming /tʰĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /tʰin³¹/
Hefei /tʰin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /tʰi¹³/
/tʰiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /tʰĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /tʰiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /tʰin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /tʰin³³/
Wenzhou /tʰeŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /tʰiʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /tʰɛ⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /tʰin⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /tʰin⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /tʰiɑŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /tʰɑŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰɛŋ⁵³/
Nanning /tʰeŋ³³/
Hong Kong /tʰɛŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
/tʰiã⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tʰeiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tʰiã³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hia²³/
Rime
Character 聽
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 他丁切
Baxter theng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰeŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰeŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰɛjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/tʰeŋ/
Wang
Li 		/tʰieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tʰieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ting1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聽
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ theng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁeŋ/
English listen

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 聽
Reading # 1/2
No. 11392
Phonetic
component 		聖
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		汀
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰeːŋ/
Notes 甲金文象耳對口，
後繁化加心壬聲，
右上即卜口繁化
Definitions
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聽

  1. 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.]
    我中意听音乐。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 zung1 ji3 teng1 jam1 ngok6. [Jyutping]
    I like to listen to music.
    你聽有無？ [Hokkien, trad.]
    你听有无？ [Hokkien, simp.]
    Lí thiaⁿ ū-bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Can you understand what you heard or not?
  2. to obey; to heed
    聽話／听话  ―  tīnghuà  ―  obedient; to obey
    我勸他別去，他不聽。 [MSC, trad.]
    我劝他别去，他不听。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ quàn tā bié qù, tā bù tīng. [Pinyin]
    I advised him not to go, but he wouldn't listen.
  3. to allow; to let
  4. Alternative form of 廳／厅 (tīng, “hall”)
  5. (Shanghainese, slang) a thousand of a currency denomination
  6. (Wenzhounese) to smell
  7. (Cantonese) to pick up the phone
Synonyms
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  • (to hear):
Dialectal synonyms of 聽 (“to hear; to listen”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聞, 聽, 聆
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聽
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 聽
Taiwan 聽
Malaysia 聽
Singapore 聽
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 聽
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 聽
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 聽
Wanrong 聽
Xi'an 聽
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 聽
Wuhan 聽
Guilin 聽
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 聽
Hefei 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
Northern Min Jian'ou 聽聆
Jian'ou (Dikou) 聽聆
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 聽
Pucheng (Shibei) 聽聆
Eastern Min Fuzhou 聽
Southern Min 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
Wuxi 聽
Danyang 聽
Wenzhou 聽
Lishui 聽
Jinhua 聽
Xiang Changsha 聽
Shuangfeng 聽
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 聞
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
  • (to smell):
Dialectal synonyms of 聞 (“to smell”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聞, 嗅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聞, 嗅
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 聞
Taiwan 聞
Harbin 聞
Malaysia 嗅
Singapore 嗅, 聞
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 聞
Jinan 聞
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 聽
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 聞
Wanrong 聞
Xi'an 聞
Xining 聞
Xuzhou 聞
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 聞
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 聞
Wuhan 聞
Guiyang 聞
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 聞
Yangzhou 聞
Hefei 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
Northern Min Jian'ou 鼻
Jian'ou (Dikou) 鼻
Songxi 鼻
Zhenghe 鼻
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 鼻
Jianyang 鼻
Wuyishan 鼻
Pucheng (Shibei) 鼻
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鼻
Fuzhou (Changle) 鼻
Fuqing 鼻
Yongtai 鼻
Gutian 嗅
Fu'an 嗅
Ningde 嗅
Shouning 嗅
Zhouning 嗅
Fuding 嗅
Matsu 鼻
Southern Min 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 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 聽
Suzhou 聞
Danyang 聞
Hangzhou 聞
Ningbo 嗅
Wenzhou 嗅, 聽
Lishui 聞
Jinhua 聞
Xiang Changsha 聞
Loudi 聞
Shuangfeng 嗅
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 聞
  • (to pick up the phone): 接 (jiē)
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 聽
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 他定切
Baxter thengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰeŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰeŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰɛjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/tʰeŋH/
Wang
Li 		/tʰieŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tʰieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ting3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聽
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tìng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thengH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁeŋ-s/
English listen to; obey

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 聽
Reading # 2/2
No. 11394
Phonetic
component 		聖
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		聽
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰeːŋs/
Definitions
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聽

  1. † to handle (matters of state); to administer
    聽政／听政  ―  tīngzhèng  ―  to handle matters of state
  2. to adjudicate
    聽獄／听狱  ―  tīngyù  ―  to hear lawsuits
  3. to allow
  4. (Cantonese) to wait a little
  5. (Cantonese) to wait for something inevitable to happen
    你咁懶，聽畀人鬧。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你咁懒，听畀人闹。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 gam3 laan5, ting3 bei2 jan4 naau6. [Jyutping]
    You are so lazy. You're going to be scolded for sure.
Compounds
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Pronunciation 3

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Definitions
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聽

  1. (mahjong) to need (one or more particular tiles) to complete a hand to win
Synonyms
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  • (Cantonese) 叫 (giu3)
Compounds
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Etymology 2

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trad. 聽
simp. 听*

From English tin.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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聽

  1. can; tin
    Synonym: 聽子／听子 (tīngzi)
    聽裝／听装  ―  tīngzhuāng  ―  canned (drink, food etc.)
  2. Classifier for canned drinks.

Compounds

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Etymology 3

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trad. 聽
simp. 听*
alternative forms 𪢧

See 聽日／听日 (ting1 jat6).

Pronunciation

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聽

  1. (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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Further reading

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

聴

Kyūjitai

聽

Kanji

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聽

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 聴)

  1. to listen; to hear
  2. to allow

Readings

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  • Go-on: ちょう (chō)
  • Kan-on: てい (tei)
  • Kun: きく (kiku, 聽く)、ゆるす (yurusu, 聽す)

Korean

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Hanja

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聽 (eumhun 들을 청 (deureul cheong))

  1. Hanja form? of 청 (“to listen”).

Vietnamese

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Han character

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聽: Hán Nôm readings: thính, xính

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