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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 听写.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 听到 (聽到) | tīng dào | to hear |
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 听见 (聽見) | tīng jiàn | to hear |
| 听取 (聽取) | tīng qǔ | to hear (news); to listen to |
| 听众 (聽眾) | tīng zhòng | audience; listeners |
| 倾听 (傾聽) | qīng tīng | to listen attentively |
| 写作 (寫作) | xiě zuò | to write; to compose |
| 描写 (描寫) | miáo xiě | to 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.