IDENTITY
听tīngto listen; to hear
HSK 1Top 43
CORE MEANING
to listen; to hear
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to listenHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 口mouth radical (kǒu)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰口斤
- mouth
- gives the sound tīng (historical)
USAGE
Common words
听说tīngshuōto hear it said
听见tīngjiànto hear
听写tīngxiědictation
Graded examples
你听，外面下雨了。Nǐ tīng, wàimiàn xià yǔ le.HSK1
Listen, it is raining outside.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 近
- 停
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A mouth (口) speaking, an axe (斤) in hand — listening carefully.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #43
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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