听力
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
听力 (tīnglì) · listening (skill)
听力 (tīnglì) means “listening (skill); hearing”. It is written with 2 characters: 听 (to listen) + 力 (strength). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 听力 is built
The characters
听 tīng · to listen
What 听 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 斤jīn — a catty (about 500 grams)
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 下xià — down
Origin hint: Words 口 reaching an ear 斤 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
力 lì · strength
What 力 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: A plow's head representing strength (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我的汉语听力不太好。Wǒ de Hànyǔ tīnglì bù tài hǎo.My Chinese listening isn't very good.
听力考试几点开始？Tīnglì kǎoshì jǐ diǎn kāishǐ?What time does the listening test start?
Questions about 听力
What does 听力 mean?
听力 (tīnglì) means “listening (skill); hearing”.
How do you pronounce 听力?
听力 is pronounced tīnglì.
Which HSK level is 听力?
听力 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 听到tīngdàoto hear
- 听见tīngjiànto hear
- 听写tīngxiědictation
- 难听nántīngunpleasant to hear
- 听讲tīngjiǎngto listen to a lecture
- 听说tīngshuōto hear
- 打听dǎtingto ask about
- 收听shōutīngto listen to (the radio)
- 听众tīngzhòngaudience
Learn 听力 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 30: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.