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聽

简听 · 繁聽

Mandarin · pinyin tīng

to listen to; to hear
to heed; to obey
a can (loanword from English "tin")
classifier for canned beverages
to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
(literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)

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聽: tīng · hear, listen; understand; obey
听: tīng · hear; understand; obey, comply

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1 · ting1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

teng1 · ting1 · ting3

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

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character · Etymology 1

to listen; to hear; to listen to (radio, etc.)
to obey; to heed
to allow; to let
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 廳 /厅 (tīng, “hall”)
(Shanghainese, slang) a thousand of a currency denomination
(Wenzhounese) to smell
(Cantonese) to pick up the phone

character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to handle (matters of state); to administer
to adjudicate
to allow
(Cantonese) to wait a little
(Cantonese) to wait for something inevitable to happen

character · Etymology 1

(mahjong) to need (one or more particular tiles) to complete a hand to win

character · Etymology 2

can; tin
Classifier for canned drinks.

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese, in compounds) tomorrow

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