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听

Traditional: 聽

yǐn

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yǐn

  1. smile (archaic)

tīng · teng1 (Jyutping)

  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])

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Character breakdown

听

Meaning
hear; understand; obey, comply
Radical
口
Strokes
7
Components
⿰口斤
Cangjie
RHML
Four-corner
6202.1

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