Chinese word dictionary

听见

tīngjiàn · to hear

Practice word

Word information

Simplified听见

Traditional聽見

Pinyintīngjiàn

Part of speech动

HSK 3.01

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

听tīng

to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey

见jiàn

to see, to observe, to meet, to appear

How to learn 听见

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

好听hǎotīng

pleasant to hear

见jiàn

to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view

看见kànjiàn

to see; to catch sight of

听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. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])

再见zàijiàn

goodbye; see you again later

不见bújiàn

not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing