Chinese Character 听 (Tīng): Multiple Pronunciations & Meanings

The character 听 (traditional 聽) has multiple readings and meanings in Mandarin:

Pinyin	Traditional	Meaning	Examples
tīng (1st tone)	聽	To listen, to hear; to obey	听音乐, 听话, 听从
tíng (2nd tone)	廳 / 厅	Hall, large room; government office, court	餐厅, 会议厅, 法庭
tǐng (3rd tone)	挺	Straight, upright; to stick out; (adv.) very, quite	挺直, 挺拔, 挺好

Notes

• 听 (tīng) is a simplified character; traditional 聽 includes 耳 (ear) + phonetic 德.
• 厅 (tíng) simplified from 廳; radical 广 (building).
• 挺 (tǐng) is a separate character (not a variant of 听), included here due to same pinyin.
• Context (word position, collocation) disambiguates in speech and text.