聴

Meaning

聴 centers on attentive listening: hearing carefully, inquiring thoroughly, or paying close attention. The meanings 'headstrong' and 'naughty' are less common and may reflect a separate usage where one listens only to oneself.

• 視聴しちょう

  looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching

• 聴取ちょうしゅ

  hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); enquiry

• 盗聴とうちょう

  interception (email); wiretap; bug

• 聴覚ちょうかく
  N1

  (sense of) hearing; auditory perception

• 難聴なんちょう

  hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss

• 試聴しちょう

  trial listening (e.g. to a record before buying); audition

• 聴衆ちょうしゅう
  N1

  audience; attendance; hearers

• 広聴こうちょう

  public consultation; public information

• 傍聴ぼうちょう
  N1

  listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

• 補聴器ほちょうき

  hearing aid

• 幻聴げんちょう

  auditory hallucination

• 聴力ちょうりょく

  hearing ability

• 吹聴ふいちょう

  spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

• 聴聞ちょうもん

  listening; hearing

• 聴診ちょうしん

  auscultation; listening to a person's chest with a stethoscope

• 視聴覚しちょうかく

  senses of seeing and hearing; audiovisual

• 必聴ひっちょう

  must-listen

• 拝聴はいちょう

  listening respectfully

• 傾聴けいちょう

  listening closely

• 聴講ちょうこう
  N1

  lecture attendance; auditing

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