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听 — to listen to; to hear; to heed

to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can

Pinyin
tīng · yǐn
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — tīng, yǐn — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 听: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

听 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 听

Words with 听 in the HSK syllabus: 17

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hearHSK 1
  2. 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a canHSK 1
  3. 听见tīngjiànto hearHSK 1
  4. 难听nántīngunpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensiveHSK 3
  5. 听说tīngshuōto hear; one hears; hearsay; listening and speakingHSK 3
  6. 收听shōutīngto listen toHSK 4
  7. 听力tīnglìhearing; listening abilityHSK 4
  8. 听众tīngzhòngaudience; listenersHSK 4
  9. 打听dǎtingto ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask aroundHSK 5
  10. 动听dòngtīngpleasant to listen toHSK 6
  11. 倾听qīngtīngto listen attentivelyHSK 6
  12. 听话tīnghuàto do what one is told; obedientHSK 6
  13. 听觉tīngjuésense of hearing; auditoryHSK 6
  14. 听取tīngqǔto hear; to listen toHSK 6
  15. 骇人听闻hàiréntīngwénshocking; horrifying; atrocious; terribleHSK 7–9
  16. 聆听língtīngto listenHSK 7–9
  17. 听从tīngcóngto listen and obey; to comply with; to heedHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.