聽 (ting1 ting3 teng1 | ting1 ting4) : listen to; obey; allow

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聽

ting1 ting3 teng1

ting1 ting4

[粵] ting1 teng1 | [國] ting1
[1] [v] listen to; hear
[2] [v] obey; comply with; heed

[粵] ting3 teng1 | [國] ting1 ting4
[1] [v] allow; let; submit to
[2] [v] administer; rule

[粵] ting3 - Cantonese only
[v] wait for; await | [variant] 等

[粵] ting1 - Cantonese only
[n] tomorrow

1. For most of the definitions, Jyutping ting1 and ting3 are literary readings; teng1 is colloquial. For some definitions, Pinyin ting1 is used in mainland; ting4 in Taiwan.
2. See also [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 22

Level: 2

Radical: 耳 (#128)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

聽 / 听

Don't confuse with:
德

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聽證會 ting1 zing3 wui5 ting1 zheng4 hui4 = (legislative) hearing

聽日 ting1 jat6 ting1 ri4 = tomorrow 粵

聽朝 ting1 ziu1 ting1 zhao1 = tomorrow morning 粵

聽寫 ting1 se2 ting1 xie3 = dictation, dictate

聽話 teng1 waa6 ting1 hua4 = be obedient; do as told

聽見 teng1 gin3 ting1 jian4 = hear; listen

偷聽 tau1 teng1 tou1 ting1 = to eavesdrop

聽到 teng1 dou3*2 ting1 dao4 = hear; have heard

好聽 hou2 teng1 hao3 ting1 = pleasant to hear

試聽 si3 teng1 shi4 ting1 = audition; to check by listening
See all 88 compounds (CantoDict reports 92 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 38 examples containing 聽

我聽日同朋友出街呀。粵
I'm going out with my friends tomorrow.

我識聽廣東話粵
I understand [spoken] Cantonese.

聽英文台 ?
Listen to English radio.

我哼畀你聽粵
I'll hum it for you.
[Lit. I hum give you listen.]

呢首歌我聽過好多次粵
I‘ve heard this song many times

你聽日係嚟游水粵
Are you still coming swimming with me tomorrow?
[Note that the inclusion of 嚟 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is near you but far from the other person.]

麻煩你翻譯呢句畀我聽粵
Would you mind translating this sentence for me?
[Lit. trouble you translate this sentence give me hear. [Marked as level 1 because this is a tremendously useful sentence for learners ;)]]

我聽日七點鐘要起身。粵
I need to wake up at 7 o'clock tomorrow.

你有冇嘢想聽日畀我呀？粵
Do you have something you want to give me tomorrow?

先生話聽日唔使返學。粵
The teacher said we don't need to attend class tomorrow.

天氣預告話聽日有驟雨。粵
The weather forecast says it will shower tomorrow.

佢次次都講大話，都畀我聽到… 粵
He's always telling lies which I hear.
[Lit. He time time also tells-lies, also give me listen]

嗰啲蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]!
[This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]

蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound cicadas [in general] make.
[Note that because we haven't specified any particular cicadas, we're talking about cicadas in general. (Use 呢啲 or 嗰啲 otherwise.)]

我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound cicadas make!
[Lit. I feel cicada [possessive particle] sound very good-sound [particle]!]

我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making!
[Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢一首好聽過你嗰隻好多呀粵
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours!
[Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽粵
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
[Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]

佢唔肯聽我講。粵
He refused to listen to me.
[An example of a Cantonese sentence using more verbs (3 verbs) than its English counterpart (2 verbs).]

我擺咗你杯奶喺雪櫃畀你聽日飲。粵
I put your glass of milk in the refrigerator for you to drink tomorrow.

咁夜重上網？不如聽朝再玩過啦！粵
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?

你唔聽話, 就唔帶你去㗎喇! 粵
You better behave yourself else I won't take you there!
[Here, 就...㗎喇 carries a more threatening tone, but still serves as a reminder.]

你聽日就要？有啲𠍁噃。粵
You want it by tomorrow? That leaves me with too little time.

聽暇佢唔來點算呀？粵
What shall we do if he does not show up?

聽暇佢來你咪同佢講清楚囉！粵
You should settle it with him if he comes later!

聽人講手指甲凹凹凸凸係表示健康有問題粵
I hear that uneven finger nails means that there are some health issues.

而家冇人聽佢支笛㗎喇粵
No one takes instructions from him anymore.

期待聽日，大家再一齊粵 ?!
[I'm] looking forward to tomorrow when everybody will be together again!

我要閃喇﹐聽日見。粵
I need to run, see you tomorrow.

如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio.
[Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]

佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
He told me he wanted to go to the bank soon to cash a cheque for someone.
[頭先 implies 10 or 20 minutes ago; contrast with 啱啱 which implies a few seconds ago.]

聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

聽日講嗰啲嘢你準備好未? 粵
Have you finished preparing the stuff you're talking about tomorrow?
[As this sentence consists of a long relative clause 聽日講嗰啲嘢, a topic-comment construction like the above is preferred to a subject-verb-object construction like 你準備好聽日講嗰啲嘢未. ]

佢唔聽我講，重𠱂返我幾句。粵
He wouldn't listen to me. He even said something in retort.

聽佢講經濟﹐係人都會瞓着。粵
Listening to him talk about economics would put anyone to sleep.

聽日嘅聚會﹐我會戴住你送嘅頸鏈。粵
At tomorrow's gathering, I will be wearing the necklace you gave me.
[住 (-ing) is a durative marker in a future tense sentence here.]

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