听 tīng / tìng in a sentence
Listen (obey - supervise - tin can); Let (allow)
听 (tīng / tìng) means Listen (obey - supervise - tin can), Let (allow). Below are 17 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
大家 听 了都笑了。
Dàjiā tīng le dōu xiào le.
Everyone laughed when they heard it.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 笑
这段话我没 听 懂。
Zhè duàn huà wǒ méi tīngdǒng.
I didn't understand this passage.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 段
我的耳朵 听 不清楚。
Wǒ de ěrduo tīng bu qīngchu.
My ears can't hear it clearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 耳朵
她的爱好是 听 音乐。
Tā de àihào shì tīng yīnyuè.
Her hobby is listening to music.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 音乐
早上能 听 见鸟的声音。
Zǎoshang néng tīngjiàn niǎo de shēngyīn.
In the morning you can hear birdsong.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 鸟
他一边走一边 听 音乐。
Tā yìbiān zǒu yìbiān tīng yīnyuè.
He listens to music while walking.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 一边
请注意 听 老师说的话。
Qǐng zhùyì tīng lǎoshī shuō de huà.
Please listen carefully to what the teacher says.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 注意
听 到这个消息我很高兴。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
I'm happy to hear this news.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 高兴
听 到这个事情，我很难过。
Tīngdào zhège shìqing, wǒ hěn nánguò.
I felt very sad when I heard about it.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 难过
老师说话的时候，大家都在 听 。
Lǎoshī shuōhuà de shíhou, dàjiā dōu zài tīng.
When the teacher speaks, everyone listens.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 说话
From the graded readers
王老师说：“不要怕，多说，多 听 。”
wáng lǎoshīshuō:" bùyào pà, duō shuō, duō tīng / tìng."
Mr Wang says, "Don't be afraid — speak more, listen more."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
我 听 完以后，坐在那里很长时间说不出话。
wǒ tīngwán yǐhòu, zuò zài nàli hěn cháng / zhǎng shíjiān shuō bùchū huà.
After I heard that I sat there for a long time unable to speak.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
From the grammar library
你 听 见了吗？
Nǐ tīngjiàn le ma?
Did you hear that?
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
对不起，我 听 不懂。
Duìbuqǐ, wǒ tīng bu dǒng.
Sorry, I don't understand.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
Questions about 听
How is 听 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 听 (tīng / tìng, "Listen (obey - supervise - tin can), Let (allow)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 听 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 听 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 听 an HSK word?
Yes — 听 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 听?
The dictionary page for 听 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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