聽教聽話

Chinese

		to accept what one is taught; to benefit from advice; to receive instruction to accept what one is taught; to benefit from advice; to receive instruction; to learn; to study	to listen to others speak; to obey; to behave to listen to others speak; to obey; to behave; to be obedient; to heed advice
trad. (聽教聽話)		聽教	聽話
simp. (听教听话)		听教	听话

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teng¹ gaau³ teng¹ waa⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teng¹ gaau³ teng¹ waa⁶
    • Yale: tēng gaau tēng wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: teng¹ gaau³ teng¹ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: téng¹ gao³ téng¹ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ kaːu̯³³ tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ waː²²/

Idiom

聽教聽話

1. (Cantonese, of children, pupils, etc.) to be obedient

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聽話 (“to be obedient”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聽話, 聽說
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聽話, 聽說
	Taiwan	聽話
	Harbin	聽說, 聽說聽道兒
	Singapore	聽話
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聽話, 聽說
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	聽話
	Wanrong	聽說
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	聽說
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	聽話
	Liuzhou	聽講
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聽話, 聽教聽話, 聽教
	Taishan	聽教
Gan	Nanchang	聽話
	Lichuan	聽話
	Pingxiang	聽話
Hakka	Meixian	聽話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聽話, 聽講
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聽話, 聽講
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聽話, 聽講
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聽話, 聽講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聽話, 聽講
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聽事, 聽人講
Huizhou	Jixi	聽話, 聽講, 聽人講
Jin	Taiyuan	聽說
	Xinzhou	聽說
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聽喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	聽喙
	Quanzhou	聽喙
	Zhangzhou	聽喙
	Tainan	聽喙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聽喙
	Manila (Hokkien)	聽喙, 聽話
	Jieyang	聽呾
	Puning	聽話, 聽呾
	Leizhou	聽講
	Haikou	聽講
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	聽話, 聽講
Wu	Shanghai	聽言話
	Shanghai (Chongming)	聽話
	Danyang	聽話
	Wenzhou	聽講
	Jinhua	聽講, 聽話
Xiang	Changsha	聽講