聋 (lóng): deaf
聋 (lóng) is a Chinese character meaning “deaf.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 龙 (phonetic) and 耳 (semantic). It ranks #2678 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 聋 ear. Its radical form 耳 (ear) appears in many related characters such as 闻 (wén, to hear, to smell), 职 (zhí, job, duty), 联 (lián, connect, unite).
Definitions
- deaf
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聋子 | lóng zi | deaf person |
| 震耳欲聋 | zhèn ěr yù lóng | ear-splitting (idiom) |
| 聋哑人 | lóng yǎ rén | person who is deaf and nonverbal |
| 耳聋 | ěr lóng | deaf |
| 聋哑 | lóng yǎ | deaf and nonverbal |
| 装聋作哑 | zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ | to play deaf-mute |
| 振聋发聩 | zhèn lóng fā kuì | lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom) |
| 聋人 | lóng rén | deaf person |
| 发聋振聩 | fā lóng zhèn kuì | lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom) |
| 眼瞎耳聋 | yǎn xiā ěr lóng | to be deaf and blind (idiom) |
| 震聋 | zhèn lóng | to deafen |
| 聋胞 | lóng bāo | hearing impaired person (Tw) |
| 聋聩 | lóng kuì | deaf |
聋 appears in 13 compound words: 46 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 23 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 聋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
Example Sentences
长时间听 loud 音乐可能会损伤听力，甚至导致耳聋。
Cháng shíjiān tīng loud yīnyuè kěnéng huì sǔnshāng tīnglì, shènzhì dǎozhì ěrlóng.
Listening to loud music for long periods may damage hearing and even cause deafness.
放鞭炮放成爆震性耳聋 专家提醒:一次巨响就能造成不可逆损伤
fàng biān pào fàng chéng bào zhèn xìng ěr lóng zhuān jiā tí xǐng yī cì jù xiǎng jiù néng zào chéng bù kě nì sǔn shāng
Firecrackers are set off as knocking deafness Experts remind: A loud noise can cause irreversible damage
海伦凯勒眼盲，耳聋，又哑。
Hǎilún kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng, yòu yā.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
海伦·凯勒眼盲、耳聋并且不能说话。
Hǎilún · kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng bìngqiě bù néng shuōhuà.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and mute.
聋哑的人用手语说话。
Lóngyǎ de rén yòng shǒuyǔ shuōhuà.
Deaf-mute people talk using sign language.
善良是聋子能听盲人能看的语言。
Shànliáng shì lóngzi néng tīng mángrén néng kàn de yǔyán.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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.
有人告诉我这个男孩耳聋。
Yǒurén gàosu wǒ zhège nánhái ěrlóng.
Someone told me that this boy cannot hear.
要用智慧来理解智慧：如果听众是聋的话，那音乐什么都不是。
Yào yòng zhìhuì lái lǐjiě zhìhuì: rúguǒ tīngzhòng shì lóng dehuà, nà yīnyuè shénme dōu bù shì.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Character Family
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