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听从

tīng cóng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 聽從

听从 (tīng cóng) means "to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 听从 means

1. to listen and obey
2. to comply with
3. to heed
4. to hearken

The characters in 听从

• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
• 从cóngfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey

Example sentences

• 我会听从指示。
  I will obey.
• 他听从了我的建议。
  Tā tīngcóng le wǒ de jiànyì.
  He listened to my suggestion.
• 玛丽没有听从父母。
  Mary didn't listen to her parents.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tīng cóng correctly.
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