HSK 6 · Verbs

倾听 qīngtīng “to listen attentively” in Chinese

Traditional 傾聽

What 倾听 means

  1. to listen attentively

How to say 倾听

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale倾qīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale听tīng1st tone, high and level

倾听 in a sentence

  1. 好老师要学会倾听学生的想法。

    Hǎo lǎoshī yào xuéhuì qīngtīng xuésheng de xiǎngfǎ.

    A good teacher needs to learn to listen to students’ ideas.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她认真地倾听着朋友的烦恼。

    Tā rènzhēn de qīngtīng zhe péngyou de fánnǎo.

    She listened carefully to her friend’s worries.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 倾听 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 倾 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
倾qīngto overturn
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 顷part of the characterSound part
The character 听 (tīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
听tīngto listen to; to hear
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 斤axe · jīn

Memory aidMouth 口 with 斤 (jīn) for the sound. The full form 聽 has an ear 耳 in it: to listen.

How to write 倾听

倾 10 strokes · 听 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

倾听 (qīngtīng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 倾听 (qīngtīng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 倾听

Words with 倾

倾斜qīngxié · to tilt倾向qīngxiàng · tendency

Words with 听

听tīng · to listen听见tīngjiàn · to hear好听hǎotīng · pleasant to hear听说tīngshuō · to hear (it said that)难听nántīng · unpleasant to hear打听dǎting · to ask about

More words: Thinking & Talking

迷惑míhuò · to confuse评论pínglùn · to comment on批判pīpàn · to criticise请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice权衡quánhéng · to weigh up确信quèxìn · to be convinced区分qūfēn · to distinguish嚷rǎng · to shout

FAQs

倾听 (qīngtīng) means “to listen attentively”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīngtīng: qīng with a 1st tone, then tīng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 倾听 is written 傾聽. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingting with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 倾听 from the suggestions. Typing qingting into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
倾听 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.