听见
tīng jiàn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 聽見
To hear: a sound actually reaches your ears. 听 is the effort of listening and 听见 the result: 我在听 'I'm listening', 我没听见 'I didn't hear it'. Understanding what you heard is another word, 听懂.
Nghe thấy: âm thanh đã thật sự lọt vào tai. 听 là lắng nghe, còn 听见 là nghe thấy, có kết quả: 我在听 (tôi đang nghe), 我没听见 (tôi không nghe thấy). Nghe hiểu là một từ khác: 听懂.
VerbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “听见” mean?
To hear: a sound actually reaches your ears. 听 is the effort of listening and 听见 the result: 我在听 'I'm listening', 我没听见 'I didn't hear it'. Understanding what you heard is another word, 听懂. Literally: listen and perceive
Is “听见” formal or informal?
听见 is generally neutral.