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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 听而不闻

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
听而不闻 tīng ér bù wén - to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
- to ignore deliberately

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 51,174 83,711 74,049

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǐn- smile (archaic)
tīng- 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])
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
wén- surname Wen
wén- to hear
- news
- well-known
- famous
- reputation
- fame
- to smell
- to sniff at

Other Words Containing 听而不闻

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
听而不闻 - - 51,174 83,711 74,049