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Chinese symbol for “dictation”

听写
tīng xiě
Traditional: 聽寫
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by ear

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dictation is 听写 (tīng xiě), defined as: (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by ear.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

听 tīng
to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
写 xiě
to write; to draw, to sketch; to compose
radical 14 ⼍ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 听写.

WordPinyinMeaning
听到 (聽到)tīng dàoto hear
听说 (聽說)tīng shuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that)
听见 (聽見)tīng jiànto hear
听取 (聽取)tīng qǔto hear (news); to listen to
听众 (聽眾)tīng zhòngaudience; listeners
倾听 (傾聽)qīng tīngto listen attentively
写作 (寫作)xiě zuòto write; to compose
描写 (描寫)miáo xiěto describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal

See also: Japanese symbol for “dictation”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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