聽起來

See also: 听起来

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	to rise up; to get up; to get up to rise up; to get up; to get up; to get out of bed
trad. (聽起來)		聽	起來
simp. (听起来)		听	起来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngqǐlai

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting¹ hei² loi⁴ / teng¹ hei² loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâng-hi-lòi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiaⁿ--khí-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngqǐlai
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingcǐlåi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-chʻi³-lai⁵
    • Yale: tīng-chǐ-lai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingchii.lai
    • Palladius: тинцилай (tincilaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ laɪ̯⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting¹ hei² loi⁴ / teng¹ hei² loi⁴
    • Yale: tīng héi lòih / tēng héi lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting¹ hei² loi⁴ / teng¹ hei² loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting¹ héi² loi⁴ / téng¹ héi² loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/, /tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâng-hi-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tang^ˊ hi loi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tang¹ hi⁴ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ--khí-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: thiann--khí-lâi

Verb

聽起來

1. to sound like

   這主意聽起來不錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   这主意听起来不错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhǔyì tīngqǐlai bùcuò. [Pinyin]

   That sounds like a good idea.

2. to listen and perceive
   • 1999, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格第二部, episode 28, 陳惠卿 (actor):

     我不懂。我聽起來危危險險的。 [MSC, trad.]
     我不懂。我听起来危危险险的。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ bù dǒng. Wǒ tīng qǐlái wéiwéixiǎnxiǎn de. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2004, 文靖, “当爱情走出校园”, in 南国都市报‎^[1], 新浪新闻 republished edition:

     阿香说起普通话来有点吃力，还带着怪怪的腔调，可是这会儿，我听起来是那么好听，让我感到心暖。 [MSC, simp.]
     阿香說起普通話來有點吃力，還帶著怪怪的腔調，可是這會兒，我聽起來是那麼好聽，讓我感到心暖。 [MSC, trad.]

     Ā Xiāng shuō qǐ Pǔtōnghuà lái yǒu diǎn chī lì, hái dài zhe guàiguài de qiāngdiào, kěshì zhè huìr, wǒ tīng qǐlái shì nàme hǎotīng, ràng wǒ gǎn dào xīn nuǎn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2005, 殷国安, “表扬乎?批评乎?”, in 红网‎^[2], 搜狐新闻 republished edition:

     有时，你听起来像是批评，思考一下，实质还是表扬，比如说批评领导太不爱护身体就是 [MSC, simp.]
     有時，你聽起來像是批評，思考一下，實質還是表揚，比如說批評領導太不愛護身體就是 [MSC, trad.]

     yǒushí, nǐ tīng qǐlái xiàng shì pīpíng, sīkǎo yī xià, shízhì hái shì biǎoyáng, bǐrú shuō pīpíng lǐngdǎo tài bù àihù shēntǐ jiù shì [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2006, “[新闻会客厅]我为死囚写遗书”, in 央视国际‎^[3]:

     我就跟他讲，我说我听起来所有的责任都在你身上 [MSC, simp.]
     我就跟他講，我說我聽起來所有的責任都在你身上 [MSC, trad.]

     wǒ jiù gēn tā jiǎng, wǒ shuō wǒ tīng qǐlái suǒyǒu de zérèn dōu zài nǐ shēnshàng [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 聽落／听落