听
话

To do what one is told in Chinese: 听话 (tīng huà)

tīng huà

to do what one is told

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 聽話1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to do what one is told
  2. 2obedient

Stroke order

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听
话

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄧㄥ

tīng

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

听话

Simplified

聽話

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个孩子很听话，从不吵闹。

    zhè ge hái zi hěn tīng huà， cóng bù chǎo nào。

    This child is obedient and never makes a fuss.

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Related words

听

tīng

to listen to

话

huà

dialect

说话

shuō huà

to speak

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

笑话

xiào hua

joke

打听

dǎ ting

to ask about

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

话题

huà tí

subject (of a talk or conversation)

神话

shén huà

legend

实话

shí huà

truth

电话

diàn huà

telephone

好听

hǎo tīng

pleasant to hear

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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