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听话
tīnghuà
Main
English Definitionto do what one is told; obedient
Simplified Script听话
Traditional Script聽話
Pinyintīnghuà
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄊㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)teng1waa6
Part of Speech(形) adjective, (动宾式) verb object
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7
Word Decomposition
听tīngto listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); measure word for canned beverages
话huàdialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what somebody said

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
听见tīngjiànto hear
听说tīngshuōto hear (something said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
听力tīnglìhearing; listening ability
听众tīngzhòngaudience; listeners
听写tīngxiě(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by ear
Words With Same Tail Word    
电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call; phone number
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
讲话jiǎnghuàa speech; to speak; to talk; to address
对话duìhuàdialogue; to dialogue
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