Wiktionary

聽

See also: 听 and 聴
聽 U+807D, 聽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-807D
← 聼
[U+807C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 聾 →
[U+807E]

Translingual edit

Traditional 聽
Shinjitai 聴
Simplified 听

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

Usage notes edit

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

Further reading edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

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
           
Characters in the same phonetic series (聖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
檉 *l̥ʰeŋ
蟶 *l̥ʰeŋ
聖 *hljeŋs
聽 *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
廳 *l̥ʰeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs) : phonetic 𡈼 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ) + semantic 耳 (“ear”) + semantic 㥁.

Originally ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 耳 (“ear”) + 口 (“mouth(s)”) – to listen. Compare 聖.

Etymology 1 edit

trad. 聽
simp. 听*
alternative forms
 
聴
聼
𦗟
𦔻 ancient
𠯸
聴
聼
𦗟
𦔻 ancient
𠯸
𦔽
𦕢
𦕘
𦖆
𦘏
𪢧

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”).

Pronunciation 1 edit

Note:
  • teng1 - vernacular;
  • ting1, ting3 - literary.
Note:
  • Meixian:
    • tang1 - vernacular;
    • tin4 - literary.
Note:
  • thiaⁿ - vernacular;
  • thèng/theng - literary.
Note:
  • tian1 - vernacular;
  • têng3 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 聽 (好聽)
Mandarin Beijing /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /tʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /tʰiŋ²¹/
Jinan /tʰiŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /tʰiŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /tʰiŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /tʰiŋ²¹/
Xining /tʰiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /tʰĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /tʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /tʰin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /tʰin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /tʰin⁵⁵/
Kunming /tʰĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /tʰin³¹/
Hefei /tʰin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /tʰi¹³/
/tʰiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /tʰĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /tʰiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /tʰin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /tʰin³³/
Wenzhou /tʰeŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /tʰiʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /tʰɛ⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /tʰin⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /tʰin⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /tʰiɑŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /tʰɑŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰɛŋ⁵³/
Nanning /tʰeŋ³³/
Hong Kong /tʰɛŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
/tʰiã⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tʰeiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tʰiã³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hia²³/
Rime
Character 聽
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 他丁切
Baxter theng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰeŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰeŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰɛjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/tʰeŋ/
Wang
Li 		/tʰieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tʰieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ting1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聽
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ theng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁeŋ/
English listen

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 聽
Reading # 1/2
No. 11392
Phonetic
component 		聖
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		汀
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰeːŋ/
Notes 甲金文象耳對口，
後繁化加心壬聲，
右上即卜口繁化
Definitions edit

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. [Jyutping]
    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?
  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. [Pinyin]
    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
Synonyms edit
  • (to hear):
Dialectal synonyms of 聽 (“to hear; to listen”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聞, 聽, 聆
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聽
Mandarin Beijing 聽
Taiwan 聽
Yantai (Muping) 聽
Jinan 聽
Luoyang 聽
Wanrong 聽
Xi'an 聽
Wuhan 聽
Chengdu 聽
Guilin 聽
Yangzhou 聽
Hefei 聽
Malaysia 聽
Singapore 聽
Cantonese Guangzhou 聽
Hong Kong 聽
Macau 聽
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 聽
Zhuhai (Doumen) 聽
Taishan 聽
Yangjiang 聽
Beihai 聽
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 聽
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 聽
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 聽
Danzhou 聽
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 聽
Singapore (Guangfu) 聽
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 聽
Móng Cái 聽
Gan Nanchang 聽
Lichuan 聽
Pingxiang 聽
Hakka Meixian 聽
Xingning 聽
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 聽
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 聽
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 知
Changting 知
Wuping 聽
Wuping (Pingyu) 聽
Liancheng 聽
Ninghua 聽
Ruijin 聽
Shicheng 知
Shangyou (Shexi) 聽
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 聽
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 聽
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 聽
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 聽
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 聽
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 聽
Kuching (Hepo) 聽
Huizhou Jixi 聽
Jin Taiyuan 聽
Northern Min Jian'ou 聽聆
Jian'ou (Dikou) 聽聆
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 聽
Pucheng (Shibei) 聽聆
Eastern Min Fuzhou 聽
Southern Min Xiamen 聽
Xiamen (Tong'an) 聽
Quanzhou 聽
Zhangzhou 聽
Zhao'an 聽
Taipei 聽 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 聽
Singapore (Hokkien) 聽
Manila (Hokkien) 聽
Chaozhou 聽
Shantou 聽
Jieyang 聽
Singapore (Teochew) 聽
Pontianak (Teochew) 聽
Leizhou 聽
Wenchang 聽
Haikou 聽
Qionghai 聽
Singapore (Hainanese) 聽
Wu Shanghai 聽
Shanghai (Chongming) 聽
Suzhou 聽
Wuxi 聽
Danyang 聽
Wenzhou 聽
Lishui 聽
Jinhua 聽
Xiang Changsha 聽
Shuangfeng 聽
Jiangyong 聞
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
  • (to smell):
Dialectal synonyms of 聞 (“to smell”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聞, 嗅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聞, 嗅
Mandarin Beijing 聞
Taiwan 聞
Tianjin 聞
Harbin 聞
Yantai (Muping) 聽
Jinan 聞
Luoyang 聞
Wanrong 聞
Xi'an 聞
Xining 聞
Ürümqi 聞
Wuhan 聞
Chengdu 聞
Guiyang 聞
Xuzhou 聞
Yangzhou 聞
Nanjing 聞
Hefei 聞
Malaysia 嗅
Singapore 嗅, 聞
Cantonese Guangzhou 聞, 嗅
Hong Kong 聞
Taishan 聞
Dongguan 聞
Yangjiang 聞
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 聞
Singapore (Guangfu) 聞
Gan Nanchang 嗅
Lichuan 聽
Pingxiang 聽
Hakka Meixian 鼻
Xingning 鼻
Huidong (Daling) 鼻
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鼻, 聞
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 鼻
Wuhua (Huacheng) 鼻
Wuhua (Changbu) 鼻
Wuhua (Mianyang) 鼻
Heyuan (Bendihua) 嗅
Wengyuan 鼻
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 聞
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 鼻
Liannan 聞
Jiexi 鼻
Luhe 鼻
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 鼻
Changting 鼻
Wuping 鼻
Wuping (Yanqian) 鼻
Wuping (Pingyu) 鼻
Liancheng 鼻
Ninghua 鼻
Ningdu 鼻
Ruijin 鼻
Shicheng 嗅
Shangyou (Shexi) 嗅
Tonggu (Sandu) 嗅
Ganzhou (Panlong) 嗅
Dayu 嗅
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鼻
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鼻
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鼻
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鼻
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鼻
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鼻
Hong Kong 鼻
Mengshan (Xihe) 鼻
Luchuan 嗅
Senai (Huiyang) 鼻
Kuching (Hepo) 鼻
Jin Taiyuan 聞
Xinzhou 聞
Northern Min Jian'ou 鼻
Jian'ou (Dikou) 鼻
Songxi 鼻
Zhenghe 鼻
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 鼻
Jianyang 鼻
Wuyishan 鼻
Pucheng (Shibei) 鼻
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鼻
Changle 鼻
Fuqing 鼻
Yongtai 鼻
Gutian 嗅
Fu'an 嗅
Ningde 嗅
Shouning 嗅
Zhouning 嗅
Fuding 嗅
Matsu 鼻
Southern Min Xiamen 鼻
Xiamen (Tong'an) 鼻
Quanzhou 鼻
Yongchun 鼻
Zhangzhou 鼻
Zhao'an 鼻
Tainan 鼻
Penang (Hokkien) 味
Singapore (Hokkien) 鼻
Manila (Hokkien) 鼻
Chaozhou 鼻
Shantou 鼻
Shantou (Chenghai) 鼻
Shantou (Chaoyang) 鼻
Jieyang 鼻
Haifeng 鼻
Bangkok (Teochew) 鼻
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 鼻
Singapore (Teochew) 鼻
Leizhou 鼻
Wenchang 鼻
Haikou 鼻
Singapore (Hainanese) 鼻
Puxian Min Putian 鼻
Xianyou 鼻
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 聞
Wu Shanghai 聞, 嗅 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 聽
Suzhou 聞
Danyang 聞
Hangzhou 聞
Ningbo 嗅
Wenzhou 嗅, 聽
Lishui 聞
Jinhua 聞
Xiang Changsha 聞
Loudi 聞
Shuangfeng 嗅
Jiangyong 聞
  • (to pick up the phone): 接 (jiē)
Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Rime
Character 聽
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 他定切
Baxter thengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰeŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰeŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰɛjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/tʰeŋH/
Wang
Li 		/tʰieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tʰieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ting3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聽
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tìng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thengH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁeŋ-s/
English listen to; obey

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 聽
Reading # 2/2
No. 11394
Phonetic
component 		聖
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		聽
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰeːŋs/
Definitions edit

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
  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. [Jyutping]
    You are so lazy. You're going to be scolded for sure.
Compounds edit

Pronunciation 3 edit

Definitions edit

聽

  1. (mahjong) to need (one or more particular tiles) to complete a hand to win
Synonyms edit
  • (Cantonese) 叫 (giu3)
Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad. 聽
simp. 听*

From English tin.

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

聽

  1. can; tin
    Synonym: 聽子／听子 (tīngzi)
    聽裝／听装  ―  tīngzhuāng  ―  canned (drink, food etc.)
  2. Classifier for canned drinks.

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

trad. 聽
simp. 听*
alternative forms 𪢧

See 聽日／听日 (ting1 jat6).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

聽

  1. (Cantonese) tomorrow
    聽日／听日 [Cantonese]  ―  ting1 jat6 [Jyutping]  ―  tomorrow
    聽晚／听晚 [Cantonese]  ―  ting1 maan5 [Jyutping]  ―  tomorrow evening

Compounds edit

References edit

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

聴

Kyūjitai

聽

Kanji edit

聽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 聴)

  1. to listen; to hear
  2. to allow

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

聽 (eumhun 들을 청 (deureul cheong))

  1. Hanja form? of 청 (“to listen”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

聽: Hán Nôm readings: thính, xính

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