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title: "Lingting Meaning: 聆听 (língtīng) Means “to listen”"
description: "聆听 (traditional 聆聽, língtīng) means “to listen (respectfully)”. Hear its tones, see what 聆 and 听 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/lingting"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 聆听 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

聆听 língtīng

## to listen (respectfully)

## Its characters

1. 聆 líng to listen respectfully
2. 听 tīng to listen

## In a sentence

大家安静地聆听老师的讲话。 Everyone listened quietly to the teacher's speech.

[More about 聆听](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%81%86%E5%90%AC)

## More words with 聆 or 听

- [好听 hǎotīng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/haoting)
- [难听 nántīng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/nanting)
- [倾听 qīngtīng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qingting)
- [听话 tīnghuà](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tinghua)
- [听见 tīngjiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tingjian)
- [听力 tīnglì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tingli)
- [听取 tīngqǔ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tingqu)
- [听说 tīngshuō](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tingshuo)

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