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聆

líng

Character

What 聆 means

1. literaryto hear; to listen

Example sentences

• 不愿意聆听的人，才是真正的聋子。
  Bù yuànyì língtīng de rén, cái shì zhēnzhèng de lóngzi.
  There's no one more deaf than he who does not want to listen.
• 当一位女性在和你说话，要看着她的眼睛来聆听她的话。
  Dāng yī wèi nǚxìng zài hé nǐ shuōhuà, yàokàn zhe tā de yǎnjing lái língtīng tā dehuà.
  When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

Words starting with 聆

• 聆听líng tīngto listen (respectfully)
• 聆讯líng xùnhearing (law)

Characters built on 令

These share the phonetic component 令 (lìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 龄língage; length of experience, membership etc
• 岭língused in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 铃líng(small) bell
• 玲líng(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 羚língantelope
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 呤língused in 呤呤

Characters that look like 聆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 释shìto explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 铃líng(small) bell
• 羚língantelope
• 敕chìimperial orders
• 赊shēto buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time)
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid

Sounds the same

Read líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 零zero; nought; zero sign
• 龄age; length of experience, membership etc
• 灵quick; alert; efficacious
• 凌to approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 铃(small) bell
• 陵mound; tomb; hill
• 伶(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 岭used in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 玲(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 菱(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 令used in 脊令; used in 令狐
• 苓fungus; tuber