Translation

• (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule
• to sentence
• to allow

Synonyms

• 听取, 听听, 收听
• 御, 治, 治治, 治理, 治监, 纬, 经纬, 经纶
• 从, 从善如流, 从谏如流, 伏帖, 伏贴, 依, 依从, 依顺, 听从, 服从, 服帖, 服服帖帖, 言听计从, 顺, 顺乎, 顺从, 顺服
• 任, 任其自流, 任凭, 听之任之, 听任, 听便, 听其自然, 听凭, 放, 放任, 放任自流, 纵, 自由放任, 逞

Examples

• 可以借几张 CD 来听听吗？
  Do you think you could lend me some of your records?
• 我每次听这首歌都会听到哭。
  Every time I listen to this song, I cry.
• 我想要听听你的意见。
  I want your opinion.
• 首先，我要听听双方的意见。
  First, I should hear both sides.
• 你们在听吗？
  Are you listening?
• 我听音乐。
  I listen to music.
• 我听到电话响了。
  I heard the telephone ringing.
• 听说她结婚了。
  I heard from someone that she got married.
• 你在听英语吗？
  Are you listening to English?
• 你在听我说吗？
  Are you listening to me at all?