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title: "Tingli Meaning: 听力 (tīnglì) Means “hearing”"
description: "听力 (traditional 聽力, tīnglì) means “hearing”. Hear its tones, see what 听 and 力 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tingli"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 听力 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

听力 tīnglì

## hearing

## It can also mean

- listening comprehension

## Its characters

1. 听 tīng to listen
2. 力 lì force

## In a sentence

我的中文听力还不太好。 My Chinese listening comprehension still isn't very good.

[More about 听力](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%90%AC%E5%8A%9B)

## More words with 听 or 力

- [暴力 bàolì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baoli)
- [大力 dàlì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dali)
- [电力 diànlì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dianli)
- [动力 dònglì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dongli)
- [乏力 fálì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fali)
- [好听 hǎotīng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/haoting)
- [活力 huólì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huoli)
- [接力 jiēlì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jieli)
- [尽力 jìnlì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jinli)
- [劳动力 láodònglì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/laodongli)

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