| tīng | to listen/to hear/to obey/a can (loan from English tin)/classifier for canned beverages |
| tìng | to let/to allow |
| 听 | to listen to hear to obey |
| 听不到 | can't hear |
| 听不见 | not be able to hear |
| 听之任之 | to take a laissez-faire attitude |
| 听书 | to listen to stories to listen to performance of 說書|说书 storytelling |
| 听从 | to listen and obey to comply with to heed |
| 听任 | to let things happen laissez-faire |
| 听众 | audience listeners |
| 听众信箱 | a listeners' letterbox |
| 听会 | to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed) |
| 听便 | please yourself; at pleasure |
| 听信 | to listen to information to get the news to believe what one hears |
| 听信儿 | wait for information. |
| 听信谗言 | to hear and believe slanders |
| 听信谣言 | to take heed of idle chatter (idiom) |
| 听候 | top await judgment to wait and listen |
| 听其自便 | to let one take his own convenience |
| 听其自然 | to let things take their course to take things as they come |
| 听其言而观其行 | hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions |
| 听其言观其行 | hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions |