聽話

听

聽

ti̅ng

话

話

huà

to do what one is told / obedient

Characters and words in 聽話

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).

话

話

huà = hu + a4

dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

话 = 舌 + 讠 : Helga Horse can't talk at all right now, because her tongue is stuck on an advertisement column in the ashram's bathroom. In an ad on the advertising column, two people were discussing a depicted beautiful carrot; Helga thought it looked so tasty she had to lick it, and now her tongue is stuck.