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收听

shōutīng

to listen to a broadcast

A person listening to a speaker
Memory picture

Characters in this word

收 shōu

Strokes
6
Radical
攵 — to rap, to tap
Made of
丩 to connect, to join 攵 to rap, to tap
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

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

Example phrases

  • 我收听广播。 Wǒ shōutīng guǎngbō. I listen to the broadcast.
  • 他每天收听新闻。 Tā měitiān shōutīng xīnwén. He listens to the news every day.
  • 请收听节目。 Qǐng shōutīng jiémù. Please listen to the program.

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