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Chinese symbol for “listener”

听者
tīng zhě
Traditional: 聽者
listener; member of audience

The closest CC-CEDICT match for listener is 听者 (tīng zhě), defined as: listener; member of audience.

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
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “listener”

WordPinyinMeaning
听友 (聽友)tīng yǒulistener (of a radio program etc)
倾听者 (傾聽者)qīng tīng zhělistener

Related words

Other words that share a character with 听者.

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
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)
或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps

See also: Japanese symbol for “listener”.

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.