聆 (líng): (literary) to hear, to listen
聆 (líng) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) to hear.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 耳 (semantic) and 令 (phonetic). It ranks #3098 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 聆 ear. Its radical form 耳 (ear) appears in many related characters such as 耳 (ěr, ear), 闻 (wén, to hear, to smell), 聪 (cōng, clever).
Definitions
- (literary) to hear
- to listen
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
聆 appears in 2 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 聆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
聆字由11笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
líng zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "聆" consists of 11 strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
...》参展意大利电影节 据悉已删除反对播放阿聆戏份
. . . cān zhǎn yì dà lì diàn yǐng jié jù xī yǐ shān chú fǎn duì bō fàng ā líng xì fèn
...十九岁的我|月底在意大利放映 事件主角阿聆..不同意放映
. . . shí jiǔ suì de wǒ yuè de zài yì dà lì fàng yìng shì jiàn zhǔ jiǎo ā líng . . bù tóng yì fàng yìng
群核科技通过港交所聆讯:2025年扭亏,或将成“杭州六小龙第...
qún hé kē jì tōng guò gǎng jiāo suǒ líng xùn : 2 0 2 5 nián niǔ kuī , huò jiāng chéng háng zhōu liù xiǎo lóng dì . . .
走遍全槟聆听民意 曹观友:地税投诉不多
zǒu biàn quán 槟 líng tīng mín yì cáo guàn yǒu : dì shuì tóu sù bù duō
Touring Penang to Hear Public Opinion: Chua Khuan Yew: Few Complaints About Property Tax
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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