Chinese Conversation · Level 33
90 words
Chinese word
听清楚
Pronunciation
Pinyintīng qīng chǔ
Meaning
- verbhear clearly
Example
你听清楚我说的话了吗？nǐ tīng qīng chǔ wǒ shuō de huà le ma
Did you hear clearly what I said?
More examples
抱歉，我刚才没听清楚你说的。bào qiàn wǒ gāng cái méi tīng qīng chǔ nǐ shuō de
Sorry, I didn't hear clearly what you said just now.
Core concept
Sound arrives as recognizable words instead of an indistinct stream.
Common phrases
没听清楚méi tīng qīng chǔ
didn't hear clearly
听清楚了tīng qīng chǔ le
heard clearly
听清楚了吗tīng qīng chǔ le ma
Did you hear clearly
Similar words
听懂tīng dǒng: Understand what spoken words mean.
听见tīng jiàn: Hear a sound or someone's voice.
听到tīng dào: Manage to hear a sound or voice.
明白míng bái: Clearly understand an idea, meaning, or situation.
Definition in Chinese
能够清楚地听到别人说话的声音并识别出其内容。néng gòu qīng chǔ dì tīng dào bié rén shuō huà de shēng yīn bìng shí bié chū qí nèi róng
Word origin
听清楚 (tīngqīngchǔ, "hear clearly") joins 听 (tīng, "hear") to 清楚 (qīngchǔ, "clear"), linking the act of hearing with a clear outcome.
Usage tips
- It is especially useful when distance, speaking speed, or surrounding noise makes a spoken detail uncertain.
Other meanings
- hearverb
Opposites
- 听不清楚tīng bù qīng chǔhear indistinctlyverb