听见

Etymology & Components

The Chinese word 听见 (tīngjiàn) is composed of two characters: 听 (tīng) and 见 (jiàn). The character 听 originally meant "to listen" or "to hear", and it is composed of the radical 耳 (ěr), which represents the ear, and the phonetic component 廷 (tíng). The character 见 originally meant "to see" or "to meet", and it is composed of the radical 目 (mù), which represents the eye, and the phonetic component 見 (jiàn).When these two characters are combined to form 听见, the meaning changes slightly to "to hear" or "to perceive". This is because the character 见 is used in this context to mean "to perceive" or "to become aware of", rather than "to see". Therefore, 听见 can be understood as "to perceive through hearing" or "to become aware of something by hearing it".In modern Chinese, 听见 is commonly used to mean "to hear" or "to listen to", and it can be used in a variety of contexts. For example, you could say 我听见了你的声音 (wǒ tīngjiànle nǐ de shēngyīn), which means "I heard your voice", or 你听见了吗？ (nǐ tīngjiànle ma?), which means "Did you hear that?".