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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *听* | 听* | *听
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. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
HSK 1
to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking
HSK 2
to attend a lecture / to listen to a talk
HSK 2
hearing / listening ability
HSK 3
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
HSK 3
to hear (news); to listen to
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *依* | 依* | *依
to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of
HSK 7-9
pleasant to listen to
HSK 7-9
to listen and obey / to comply with / to heed / to hearken
HSK 7-9
to listen attentively
HSK 7-9
audition / to give sb an audition / to check by listening
to listen (respectfully)
to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话 / to listen to an audiobook
selective listening / to hear what one wants to hear
to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop
to bend an ear (to) / to listen
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *聆* | 聆* | *聆
(literary) to hear; to listen
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瑱* | 瑱* | *瑱
(literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up
not to overlook, nor spare (idiom); unwilling to forgive / to treat severely without listening to excuses
to listen carefully
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice
to listen to information / to get the news / to believe what one hears
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively
nice to hear / worth listening to
to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
to heed advice; to listen to counsel
to refuse to listen
place where the emperor listened to lectures (traditional)
selective listening (linguistics)
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence; clout
to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture)
to listen attentively
(idiom) refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance; incorrigible
not to listen / to be deaf to
to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
to watch and listen attentively
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
to hold audience / to advise on state affairs / to administer state affairs / audience hall / to listen in
listening comprehension
to eavesdrop / to listen in secret to sb's conversations
listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)


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