Meaning of 听见
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to hear
How to use 听见
听见 is used when a sound actually reaches you, often in questions and negatives. 听 alone is the action of listening. Example: 你听见了吗？(Nǐ tīngjiàn le ma?) Did you hear that?
听 (tīng) means to listen, and 见 (jiàn) means to perceive or see. Put them together and listening turns into actually catching the sound: you listen and the sound reaches you, so you hear it.
Common mistake: Learners often use 听见 when they mean the action of listening, as in 我在听见音乐, which is wrong. Say 我在听音乐 (Wǒ zài tīng yīnyuè) for "I am listening to music" and keep 听见 for the result of hearing.
听见 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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听 tīng · to listen to · 7 strokes
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见 jiàn · to see · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 听见.
| 再见 | zàijiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 听到 | tīngdào | to hear |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 见面 | jiànmiàn | to meet; to see each other |
| 好听 | hǎotīng | pleasant to hear |
| 听写 | tīngxiě | (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by |
| 见到 | jiàndào | to see |
| 听说 | tīngshuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 意见 | yìjiàn | idea; opinion |
| 见过 | jiànguo | |
| 常见 | cháng jiàn | commonly seen; common |
| 难听 | nántīng | unpleasant to hear; coarse |
Questions about 听见
What does 听见 mean?
听见 (tīngjiàn) means "to hear".
How do you write 听见?
听见 is made of 2 characters: 听 (7 strokes), 见 (4 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 听见 an HSK word?
Yes. 听见 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 听见 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 听见 is written 聽見.
What is the difference between 听见 and 听到?
Both mean to hear, and in most sentences you can swap them. 听见 feels a bit more colloquial. 听到 is also common in writing and with abstract things like news, as in 听到消息 (tīngdào xiāoxi), to hear the news.
How do you say "I can't hear" with 听见?
Put 不 in the middle: 听不见 (tīng bu jiàn) means unable to hear. For example, 我听不见你 (Wǒ tīng bu jiàn nǐ) means "I can't hear you." To say you did not hear something, use 没听见 (méi tīngjiàn).