聽書

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	book; letter
trad. (聽書)		聽	書
simp. (听书)		听	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tīngshū

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teng¹ syu¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹thin ¹sy / ¹thin ¹syu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tīngshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tingshu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-shu¹
  - Yale: tīng-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingshu
  - Palladius: тиншу (tinšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: teng¹ syu¹
  - Yale: tēng syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: teng¹ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: téng¹ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹thin ¹sy
  - MiniDict: thin^平 sy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thin ¹sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰin⁴⁴ sz̩⁵³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹thin ¹syu
  - MiniDict: thin^平 syu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰin⁴⁴ sz̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Verb

聽⫽書 (verb-object)

to listen to stories; to listen to performance of pingshu (storytelling)
to listen to an audiobook
(Cantonese) to listen to the teacher in class