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聽
聽
Translingual
| Traditional | 聽 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 聴 |
| Simplified | 听 |
Han character
聽 (radical 128 耳+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸土十田心 (SGJWP), four-corner 14131, composition ⿹⿰耳𡈼𢛳)
Usage notes
- 耳王十四一心 is a phrase used to remember this character, based on the order of the strokes.
References
- KangXi: page 970, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29211
- Dae Jaweon: page 1422, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2799, character 14
- Unihan data for U+807D
Chinese
| trad. | 聽 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 听 | |
| alt. forms |
聴 聼 |
|
Glyph origin
| 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, OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs) : phonetic 𡈼 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ) + semantic 耳 (“ear”) + semantic 㥁 (𦗟).
Etymology
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)”) < Pre-Hlai *(h)leːŋ (Norquest, 2007).
Derivatives:
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): teng1, ting1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâng
- Min Dong (BUC): tiăng
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): thin (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ
- Wade-Giles: t'ing1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ting
- IPA (key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: teng1, ting1
- Yale: tēng, tīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: teng1, ting1
- IPA (key): /tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâng
- Hakka Romanization System: tang´
- Hagfa Pinyim: tang1
- IPA: /tʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tiăng
- IPA (key): /tʰiaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ / thèng / theng
- Tâi-lô: thiann / thìng / thing
- Phofsit Daibuun: tviaf, texng, tefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiã⁴⁴/, /tʰiɪŋ²¹/, /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiã³³/, /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹/, /tʰiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiã⁴⁴/, /tʰiɪŋ²¹/, /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰiã⁴⁴/, /tʰiɪŋ¹¹/, /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiã⁴⁴/, /tʰiɪŋ²¹/, /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- Note: thèng/theng - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tian1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiaⁿ
- IPA (key): /tʰĩã³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: thin (T1)
- IPA (key): /tʰɪɲ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
- 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 | /tʰiŋ̃³¹/ | |
| 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 (Min Nan) |
/tʰiŋ⁵⁵/ /tʰiã⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /tʰiaŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /tʰeiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /tʰiã³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /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 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 聽 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
tīng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ theng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*l̥ˤeŋ/ |
| English | listen |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| 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
聽
- to listen; to hear; to listen to (radio etc.)
- to obey; to heed
- to allow; to let
- (Wenzhou Wu) to smell
- (Cantonese) to pick up the phone
- (loanword, from English tin) Classifier for canned drinks.
Synonyms
- (to smell):
| Dialectal synonyms of 聞 (“to smell”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 聞、嗅 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聞 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 聞 |
| Taiwan | 聞 | |
| Tianjin | 聞 | |
| Jinan | 聞 | |
| Xi'an | 聞 | |
| Wuhan | 聞 | |
| Chengdu | 聞 | |
| Yangzhou | 聞 | |
| Nanjing | 聞 | |
| Hefei | 聞 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聞 |
| Hong Kong | 聞 | |
| Taishan | 聞 | |
| Yangjiang | 聞 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嗅 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鼻 |
| Xingning | 鼻 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 鼻 | |
| Qujiang | 聞 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 鼻 | |
| Changting | 鼻 | |
| Pingyu | 鼻 | |
| Wuping | 鼻 | |
| Liancheng | 鼻 | |
| Ninghua | 鼻 | |
| Ruijin | 鼻 | |
| Shicheng | 嗅 | |
| Shangyou | 嗅 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鼻 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 鼻 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 鼻 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 鼻 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 鼻 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 鼻 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 聞 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鼻 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 鼻 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 鼻 |
| Xiamen | 鼻 | |
| Zhangzhou | 鼻 | |
| Taipei | 鼻 | |
| Kaohsiung | 鼻 | |
| Chaozhou | 鼻 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 聞 |
| Suzhou | 聞 | |
| Wenzhou | 嗅、聽 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聞 |
| Shuangfeng | 嗅 | |
- (to pick up the phone): 接 (jiē)
Compounds
Derived terms from 聽
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ting3
- Min Dong (BUC): téng
- Min Nan (POJ): thèng
- Wu (Wiktionary): thin (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: t'ing4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinq
- IPA (key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ting3
- Yale: ting
- Cantonese Pinyin: ting3
- IPA (key): /tʰɪŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: téng
- IPA (key): /tʰɛiŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèng
- Tâi-lô: thìng
- Phofsit Daibuun: texng
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ²¹/
- Note: literary reading.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: thin (T2)
- IPA (key): /tʰɪɲ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 聽 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
tìng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ thengH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*l̥ˤeŋ-s/ |
| English | listen to; obey |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| 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
聽
- † to handle (matters of state); to administer
Compounds
Derived terms from 聽
Japanese
Kanji
聽
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 聴)
Readings
Usage notes
Superseded in modern Japanese by the shinjitai character 聴.
Korean
Hanja
聽 • (cheong) (hangeul 청, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏng, Yale cheng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
聽 (thính, xính)
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