聽〔听〕 teng¹ {tīng}

1. to listen
2. to hear
3. to obey
4. a can (loanword from English "tin")
5. classifier for canned beverages

聽〔听〕 teng¹ {tìng}

1. (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule
2. to sentence
3. to allow

聽診〔听诊〕 teng¹ can² {tīng zhěn}

to auscultate

聽講〔听讲〕 teng¹ gong² {tīng jiǎng}

to hear from secondary source

聽死〔听-〕 teng¹ sei² {tīng sǐ}

waiting for death; to get into trouble

聽差〔听-〕 ting¹ caai¹ {tīng chāi}

attendant; footman; servant

聽教〔听-〕 ting¹ gaau³ {tīng jiào}

obedient (spoken)

聽暇〔听-〕 ting¹ haa⁶ {tīng xiá}

in a while; in case (spoken)

聽日〔听-〕 ting¹ jat⁶ {tīng rì}

(noun / adverb) tomorrow

聽晚〔听-〕 ting¹ maan⁵ / maan¹ {tīng wǎn}

tomorrow night

聽聞〔听闻〕 ting¹ man⁴ {tīng wén}

learnt or heard from a secondary source

聽説〔听说〕 ting¹ syut³ {tīng shuō}

heard that

聽朝〔听-〕 ting¹ ziu¹ {tīng cháo}

tomorrow morning

聽早〔听-〕 ting¹ zou² {tīng zǎo}

tomorrow morning

聽清〔听-〕 teng¹ cing¹ {tīng qīng}

to hear clearly

聽錯〔听错〕 teng¹ co³ {tīng cuò}

to mishear

聽到〔听-〕 teng¹ dou³ {tīng dào}

to hear

聽懂〔听-〕 teng¹ dung² {tīng dǒng}

1. to understand (on hearing)
2. to catch (what is spoken)

聽課〔听课〕 teng¹ fo³ {tīng kè}

1. to attend a class
2. to go to a lecture

聽見〔听见〕 teng¹ gin³ {tīng jiàn}

to hear

聽講〔听讲〕 teng¹ gong² {tīng jiǎng}

1. to attend a lecture
2. to listen to a talk

聽筒〔听-〕 teng¹ tung² {tīng tǒng}

1. telephone receiver
2. headphone
3. earphone
4. earpiece
5. stethoscope

聽話〔听话〕 teng¹ waa⁶ {tīng huà}

1. to do what one is told
2. obedient

聽岔〔听-〕 ting¹ caa³ {tīng chà}

1. to mishear
2. to hear wrongly

聽取〔听-〕 ting¹ ceoi² {tīng qǔ}

1. to hear (news)
2. to listen to

聽隨〔听随〕 ting¹ ceoi⁴ {tīng suí}

1. to obey
2. to allow

聽窗〔听-〕 ting¹ coeng¹ {tīng chuāng}

to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)

聽從〔听从〕 ting¹ cung⁴ {tīng cóng}

1. to listen and obey
2. to comply with
3. to heed
4. to hearken

聽房〔听-〕 ting¹ fong⁴ {tīng fáng}

to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)

聽覺〔听觉〕 ting¹ gok³ {tīng jué}

sense of hearing

聽骨〔听-〕 ting¹ gwat¹ {tīng gǔ}

1. ossicles (in the middle ear)
2. also written 聽小骨

聽候〔听-〕 ting¹ hau⁶ {tīng hòu}

to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)

聽戲〔听戏〕 ting¹ hei³ {tīng xì}

1. to attend an opera
2. to see an opera

聽力〔听-〕 ting¹ lik⁶ {tīng lì}

1. hearing
2. listening ability

聽來〔听来〕 ting¹ loi⁴ {tīng lái}

1. to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc)
2. to ring (true)
3. to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression)
4. to hear from somewhere

聽聞〔听闻〕 ting¹ man⁴ {tīng wén}

1. to listen
2. to hear what sb says
3. news one has heard

聽命〔听-〕 ting¹ ming⁶ {tīng mìng}

1. to obey an order
2. to take orders
3. to accept a state of affairs

聽寫〔听写〕 ting¹ se² {tīng xiě}

1. dictate
2. dictation
3. CL: 次

聽信〔听-〕 ting¹ seon³ {tīng xìn}

1. to listen to information
2. to get the news
3. to believe what one hears

聽事〔听-〕 ting¹ si⁶ {tīng shì}

1. to hold audience
2. to advise on state affairs
3. to administer state affairs
4. audience hall
5. to listen in

聽書〔听书〕 ting¹ syu¹ {tīng shū}

1. to listen to stories
2. to listen to performance of 說書 storytelling

聽說〔听说〕 ting¹ syut³ {tīng shuō}

1. to hear (sth said)
2. one hears (that)
3. hearsay
4. listening and speaking

聽閾〔听阈〕 ting¹ wik⁶ {tīng yù}

audibility threshold

聽者〔听-〕 ting¹ ze² {tīng zhě}

1. listener
2. member of audience

聽眾〔听众〕 ting¹ zung³ {tīng zhòng}

1. audience
2. listeners

聽斷〔听断〕 ting³ dyun³ {tīng duàn}

1. to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court)
2. to hear and decide

聽任〔听-〕 ting³ jam⁶ {tīng rèn}

1. to let things happen
2. laissez-faire

聽憑〔听凭〕 ting³ pang⁴ {tīng píng}

to allow (sb to do as he pleases)

聽審〔听审〕 ting³ sam² {tīng shěn}

1. to attend court
2. to take part in a trial

聽頭〔听头〕 ting³ tau⁴ {tīng tóu}

a can (loanword from English "tin")

聽會〔听会〕 ting³ wui² {tīng huì}

to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)

聽訟〔听讼〕 ting³ zung⁶ {tīng sòng}

1. to hear litigation (in a law court)
2. to hear a case

聽電話〔听电话〕 teng¹ din⁶ waa² {tīng diàn huà}

to pick up a call; to talk on the phone

聽音樂〔听-乐〕 teng¹ jam¹ ngok⁶ {tīng yīn yuè}

Listen to music

聽唔明〔听--〕 teng¹ m⁴ ming⁴ {tīng ń míng}

cannot understand

聽朝早〔听--〕 ting¹ ciu⁴ zou² {tīng cháo zǎo}

tomorrow morning (spoken)

聽尼士〔听--〕 ting¹ nei⁴ si⁶ {tīng ní shì}

tennis (dialect)

聽講話〔听讲话〕 ting³ gong² waa² {tīng jiǎng huà}

heard that (spoken)

聽不懂〔听--〕 teng¹ bat¹ dung² {tīng bu dǒng}

unable to make sense of what one is hearing

聽不到〔听--〕 ting¹ bat¹ dou³ {tīng bu dào}

can't hear

聽不見〔听-见〕 ting¹ bat¹ gin³ {tīng bu jiàn}

not be able to hear

聽診器〔听诊-〕 ting¹ can² hei³ {tīng zhěn qì}

stethoscope

聽牆根〔听墙-〕 ting¹ coeng⁴ gan¹ {tīng qiáng gēn}

1. to eavesdrop
2. to listen in secret to sb's conversations

聽牆面〔听墙-〕 ting¹ coeng⁴ min² {tīng qiáng miàn}

surface of wall

聽得懂〔听--〕 ting¹ dak¹ dung² {tīng de dǒng}

1. to understand (by hearing)
2. to catch (what sb says)

聽得見〔听-见〕 ting¹ dak¹ gin³ {tīng dé jiàn}

audible

聽骨鏈〔听-链〕 ting¹ gwat¹ lin² {tīng gǔ liàn}

chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)

聽起來〔听-来〕 ting¹ hei² loi⁴ {tīng qi lai}

to sound like

聽膩了〔听腻-〕 ting¹ nei⁶ liu⁵ {tīng nì le}

fed up of hearing

聽小骨〔听--〕 ting¹ siu² gwat¹ {tīng xiǎo gǔ}

1. ossicles (of the middle ear)
2. three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨

聽證會〔听证会〕 ting¹ zing³ wui² {tīng zhèng huì}

(legislative) hearing

聽審會〔听审会〕 ting³ sam² wui² {tīng shěn huì}

hearing (law)

聽出耳油〔听---〕 teng¹ ceot¹ ji⁵ jau⁴ {tīng chū ěr yóu}

to describe something (e.g. music, stories) that is charming and pleasing to the ears

聽教聽話〔听-听话〕 teng¹ gaau³ teng¹ waa⁶ {tīng jiào tīng huà}

good learner; obedient; well-behaved

聽過隔籬〔听过-篱〕 teng¹ gwo³ gaak³ lei⁴ {tīng guò gé lí}

misheard

聽落有骨〔听---〕 teng¹ lok⁶ jau⁵ gwat¹ {tīng luò yǒu gǔ}

there is some hidden message

聽不進去〔听-进-〕 ting¹ bat¹ zeon³ heoi³ {tīng bù jìn qu}

1. not to listen
2. to be deaf to

聽而不聞〔听--闻〕 ting¹ ji⁴ bat¹ man⁴ {tīng ér bù wén}

1. to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
2. to ignore deliberately

聽力理解〔听---〕 ting¹ lik⁶ lei⁵ gaai² {tīng lì lǐ jiě}

listening comprehension

聽信謠言〔听-谣-〕 ting¹ seon³ jiu⁴ jin⁴ {tīng xìn yáo yán}

to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)

聽其自然〔听---〕 ting³ kei⁴ zi⁶ jin⁴ {tīng qí zì rán}

1. to let things take their course
2. to take things as they come

聽天由命〔听---〕 ting³ tin¹ jau⁴ ming⁶ {tīng tiān yóu mìng}

1. to submit to the will of heaven
2. to resign oneself to fate
3. to trust to luck

聽天安命〔听---〕 ting³ tin¹ on¹ ming⁶ {tīng tiān ān mìng}

to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)

聽之任之〔听---〕 ting³ zi¹ jam⁶ zi¹ {tīng zhī rèn zhī}

to take a laissez-faire attitude

聽價唔聽斗〔听价-听-〕 teng¹ gaa³ m⁴ teng¹ dau² {tīng jià ń tīng dòu}

just listen to the brief idea but without knowing the intrinsic detail

聽風就是雨〔听风---〕 ting¹ fung¹ zau⁶ si⁶ jyu⁵ {tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ}

1. lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom)
2. to believe rumors
3. to be credulous

聽見風就是雨〔听见风---〕 ting¹ gin³ fung¹ zau⁶ si⁶ jyu⁵ {tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ}

1. lit. on hearing wind, to say rain
2. to agree uncritically with whatever people say
3. to parrot other people's words
4. to chime in with others

聽其言觀其行〔听--观--〕 ting¹ kei⁴ jin⁴ gun¹ kei⁴ hang⁶ {tīng qí yán guān qí xíng}

hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions

聽其言而觀其行〔听---观--〕 ting¹ kei⁴ jin⁴ ji⁴ gun¹ kei⁴ hang⁶ {tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng}

hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions

聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音〔听话听声-锣-听-〕 ting¹ waa⁶ ting¹ sing¹ ，lo⁴ gu² ting¹ jam¹ {tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn}

to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)

聽君一席話，勝讀十年書〔听---话-胜读--书〕 ting¹ gwan¹ jat¹ zik⁶ waa⁶ ，sing³ duk⁶ sap⁶ nin⁴ syu¹ {tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū}

listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)