聽

聽 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸土十田心 (SGJWP), four-corner 1413₁, composition ⿰⿹耳𡈼𢛳)

• 廳, 㕔, 𪢧, 𢺭

• 聴 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 听 (Simplified Chinese)

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

• 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

Historical forms of the character 聽
Shang		Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script

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".

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”).

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.

   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?

   • 你敢有聽著咱唱歌，唱出艱苦人的苦痛？ [Hokkien, trad.]
     你敢有听着咱唱歌，唱出艰苦人的苦痛？ [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 吳易澄, 你敢有聽著咱唱歌 ("Do You Hear the People Sing")

     Lí kám ū thiaⁿ-tio̍h lán chhiùⁿ-koa, chhiùⁿ chhut kan-khó͘ lâng ê khó͘-thiàⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Do you hear us sing, singing the pain of suffering people?

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.

   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

• (to hear):

• (to smell):

• (to pick up the phone): 接 (jiē)

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

   • 摘瓜法：在步道上，引手而取；勿聽浪人踏瓜蔓，及翻覆之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     摘瓜法：在步道上，引手而取；勿听浪人踏瓜蔓，及翻覆之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 544 CE, Jia Sixie, Qimin Yaoshu

     Zhāiguā fǎ: zài bùdào shàng, yǐn shǒu ér qǔ; wù tīng làngrén tà guāmàn, jí fānfù zhī.

     How to pluck melons: on the footpath, reach out one's hands and take them; do not allow drifters to trample the melon-vines and toss and turn them .

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.

   You are so lazy. You're going to be scolded for sure.

聽

1. (mahjong) to need (one or more particular tiles) to complete a hand to win

• (Cantonese) 叫 (giu³)

From English tin.

聽

1. can; tin

   Synonym: 聽子 / 听子 (tīngzi)

   聽裝／听装  ―  tīngzhuāng  ―  canned (drink, food etc.)

2. Classifier for canned drinks.

See 聽日 / 听日 (ting¹ jat⁶).

聽

1. (Cantonese) tomorrow

   聽日／听日 [Cantonese]  ―  ting¹ jat⁶   ―  tomorrow

   聽晚／听晚 [Cantonese]  ―  ting¹ maan⁵   ―  tomorrow evening

• “聽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

• “Entry #13260”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 聴)

1. to listen; to hear
2. to allow

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

聽 (eumhun 들을 청 (deureul cheong))

1. Hanja form^? of 청 (“to listen”).

聽: Hán Nôm readings: thính, xính

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