Chinese word dictionary

听觉

tīngjué · sense of hearing; auditory

Practice word

Word information

Simplified听觉

Traditional聽覺

Pinyintīngjué

Part of speech名

HSK 3.06

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

觉jué

conscious; to nap, to sleep; to wake up

How to learn 听觉

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.

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Words with the same characters

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好听hǎotīng

pleasant to hear

觉得juéde

to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)

睡觉shuìjiào

to go to bed; to sleep

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])

听见tīngjiàn

to hear

难听nántīng

unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful