Chinese symbol for “listen”
聆听
líng tīng
Traditional: 聆聽
to listen (respectfully)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for listen is 聆听 (líng tīng), defined as: to listen (respectfully).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “listen”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 听闻 (聽聞) | tīng wén | to listen; to hear what sb says |
| 侧耳 (側耳) | cè ěr | to bend an ear (to); to listen |
| 聆 | líng | (literary) to hear; to listen |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 聆听.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聆讯 (聆訊) | líng xùn | hearing (law) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “listen”.
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.