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听到

tīngdào

to hear

HSK 1 · Topic “Language” Result & directionEveryday verbs
to hear
Memory picture

Characters in this word

听 tīng

Strokes
7
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 斤 axe
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

到 dào

Strokes
8
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我听到有人在唱歌。 Wǒ tīngdào yǒu rén zài chànggē. I heard someone singing.
  • 我听到妈妈叫我。 Wǒ tīngdào māma jiào wǒ. I heard Mom calling me.
  • 我没听到。 Wǒ méi tīngdào. I didn't hear it.
  • 有人唱歌,你听到了吗? Yǒurén chànggē, nǐ tīngdào le ma? Someone is singing — did you hear it?
  • 老师听到小王在说话。 Lǎoshī tīngdào Xiǎo Wáng zài shuōhuà. The teacher heard Xiao Wang talking.
  • 你在门口听到我了吧? Nǐ zài ménkǒu tīngdào wǒ le ba? You heard me at the door, didn't you?
  • 你什么时候听到的? Nǐ shénme shíhou tīngdào de? When did you hear it?
  • 我听到门外有人了。 Wǒ tīngdào ménwài yǒurén le. I heard someone outside the door.
  • 我没听到你说什么。 Wǒ méi tīngdào nǐ shuō shénme. I didn't hear what you said.
  • 没听到没关系,再听一次。 Méi tīngdào méi guānxi, zài tīng yí cì. No problem if you missed it — listen again.

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