Chinese word

听写

Pronunciation

Pinyintīng xiě

Meaning

  • verbwrite from dictation

Example

老师让我们听写生词。lǎo shī ràng wǒ men tīng xiě shēng cí

The teacher had us write new words from dictation.

Illustration for 听写 (write from dictation)

More examples

同学们互相听写句子。tóng xué men hù xiāng tīng xiě jù zi

The students took turns dictating sentences to one another.

Core concept

A voice guides the hand to record words that are not yet on the page.

Common phrases

  • 听写生词tīng xiě shēng cí

    write new words from dictation

  • 听写句子tīng xiě jù zi

    write sentences from dictation

  • 听写单词tīng xiě dān cí

    write words from dictation

Similar words

听tīng: Using the ears to hear sounds or speech and understand what is heard.
写xiě: Putting words or sentences into written form.
默写mò xiě: Writing remembered words or passages without using a written or spoken model.

Definition in Chinese

通过朗读让学生把所听到的词语或句子写下，常作为课堂测验或练习以检验拼写和听力理解。tōng guò lǎng dú ràng xué shēng bǎ suǒ tīng dào de cí yǔ huò jù zi xiě xià cháng zuò wéi kè táng cè yàn huò liàn xí yǐ jiǎn yàn pīn xiě hé tīng lì lí jiě

Word origin

听 (tīng, "listen") + 写 (xiě, "write") makes a compound that puts hearing before writing in this classroom activity.

Usage tips

  • 听写 (tīngxiě, "write from dictation") usually comes before the material being tested, such as 单词 (dāncí, "words") or 句子 (jùzi, "sentences"), so the words after it identify what must be written.

Opposites

  • 默写mò xiěwrite from memoryverb

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