細聽

细

細

xì

听

聽

ti̅ng

to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)

Characters and words in 細聽

细

細

xì = xi + Ø4

thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal

细 = 田 + 纟 : Marie Curie inspects her farm in the space station's bathroom. She set up a field where innocent silk worms have to die only for the production of fine and slender silk threads.

听

聽

tìng = ti + (e)ng4

(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow

听

聽

ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1

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])

听 = 口 + 斤 : Mother Teresa (ti) is listening to the sound that is made when a barbell (斤) squashes a mandarin (口) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).