聆听 meaning in English

língtīng

to listen (respectfully)

Traditional 聆聽18 strokes

Meaning of 聆听

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

língtīng
  1. to listen (respectfully)

聆听 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bù愿yuàn意yì聆líng听tīng的de人rén,才cái是shì真zhēn正zhèng的de聋lóng子zi。
There's no one more deaf than he who does not want to listen.
当dāng一yī位wèi女nǚ性xìng在zài和hé你nǐ说shuō话huà,要yào看kàn着zhe她tā的de眼yǎn睛jīng来lái聆líng听tīng她tā的de话huà。
When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

聆 líng · to hear · 11 strokes

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听 tīng · to listen to · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 聆听.

听到tīngdàoto hear
听见tīngjiànto hear
好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
听写tīngxiě(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by
听说tīngshuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that)
难听nántīngunpleasant to hear; coarse
听讲tīngjiǎngto attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
打听dǎtingto ask about; to make some inquiries
听众tīngzhòngaudience; listeners
收听shōutīngto listen to (a radio broadcast)
听力tīnglìhearing; listening ability
听取tīngqǔto hear (news); to listen to

Questions about 聆听

What does 聆听 mean?

聆听 (língtīng) means "to listen (respectfully)".

How do you write 聆听?

聆听 is made of 2 characters: 聆 (11 strokes), 听 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 聆听 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 聆听 is written 聆聽.