傾耳

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Chinese

		to overturn; to collapse; to lean to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out	ear
trad. (傾耳)		傾	耳
simp. (倾耳)		倾	耳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīng'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): king¹ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīng'ěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cing-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-êrh³
  - Yale: chīng-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingeel
  - Palladius: цинъэр (cinʺer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: king¹ ji⁵
  - Yale: kīng yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: king¹ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: king¹ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

Verb

傾⫽耳 (verb-object)

to prick up one's ears
to listen attentively
Synonym: 側耳 / 侧耳 (cè'ěr)
- 農夫莫不輟耕釋耒，褕衣甘食，傾耳以待命者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  农夫莫不辍耕释耒，褕衣甘食，倾耳以待命者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Nóngfū mòbù chuò gēng shì lěi, yú yī gān shí, qīng'ěr yǐ dài mìng zhě.
  There is no farmer that does not plow the fields and till the land, in want of fine clothing and good food, keeping their ears open, ready for orders.

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
傾	耳

Noun

傾耳 • (gyeong'i) (hangeul 경이)

hanja form^? of ] (“careful listening”)

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