听话
tīnghuà
obedient, well-behaved
Characters in this word
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个孩子平时很听话，但今天显得有些不安。 Zhè ge háizi píngshí hěn tīnghuà, dàn jīntiān xiǎnde yǒuxiē bù'ān. This child is usually very well-behaved, but today seems a little uneasy.
- 小狗很听话，你说坐下它就坐下。 Xiǎo gǒu hěn tīnghuà, nǐ shuō zuòxia tā jiù zuòxia. The puppy is very obedient and sits down when you tell it to.
- 你要听话，吃完饭才可以看电视。 Nǐ yào tīnghuà, chī wán fàn cái kěyǐ kàn diànshì. Be good: you can watch TV only after you finish eating.
Related words
- 好听 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
- 听 tīng to listen, to hear
- 听到 tīngdào to hear
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear
- 听写 tīngxiě dictation; to write from dictation
- 难听 nántīng unpleasant to hear
- 听讲 tīngjiǎng to listen in class
- 听说 tīngshuō to hear that
- 打听 dǎting to ask around; to find out
- 收听 shōutīng to listen to a broadcast
- 听力 tīnglì listening ability
- 听众 tīngzhòng audience; listeners