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聽書

简听书 · 繁聽書

Mandarin · pinyin tīng shū

to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話 píng huà
to listen to an audiobook

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聽: tīng · hear, listen; understand; obey
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听: tīng · hear; understand; obey, comply
书: shū · book, letter, document; writings

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1–1 · ting1 shu1

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teng1 syu1

Cantonese word readings for 聽書. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(verb-object) to listen to stories; to listen to performance of pingshu (storytelling)
(verb-object) to listen to an audiobook
(Cantonese) to listen to the teacher in class

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