聽書

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	book; letter
trad. (聽書)		聽	書
simp. (听书)		听	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teng¹ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingshu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-shu¹
    • Yale: tīng-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingshu
    • Palladius: тиншу (tinšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teng¹ syu¹
    • Yale: tēng syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: teng¹ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: téng¹ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/

Verb

聽⫽書 (verb-object)

1. to listen to stories; to listen to performance of pingshu (storytelling)
2. to listen to an audiobook
3. (Cantonese) to listen to the teacher in class