洗耳恭听 Chinese English dictionary 洗耳恭听 translate 洗耳恭听 pinyin

洗耳恭听

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
洗耳恭听 xǐ'ěrgōngtīng	洗耳恭听 \| 洗耳恭听* \| *洗耳恭听	to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears	洗耳恭聽

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
洗	洗 \| 洗* \| *洗	9画水氵氺 + 6	xǐ, xiǎn	wash, rinse; clean, purify	sai2	3411.1 EHGU


耳	耳 \| 耳* \| *耳	6画耳 + 0	ěr, réng	ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128	ji5	1040.0 SJ


恭	恭 \| 恭* \| *恭	10画心忄 + 6	gōng	respectful, polite, reverent	gung1	4433.8 TCP


听	听 \| 听* \| *听	7画口 + 4	tīng, tìng, yín	hear; understand; obey, comply	ting1	聽 6202.1 RHML

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Simplified		English Definition
洗耳恭听 xǐ'ěrgōngtīng	洗耳恭听 \| 洗耳恭听* \| *洗耳恭听	to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears


洗 xǐ	洗 \| 洗* \| *洗	to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording)


洗 xiǎn	洗 \| 洗* \| *洗	used in 洗馬｜洗马


耳　ěr	耳 \| 耳* \| *耳	ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)


恭　　gōng	恭 \| 恭* \| *恭	respectful


听　　　yǐn	听 \| 听* \| *听	smile (archaic)


听　　　tīng	听 \| 听* \| *听	to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])