听事

to hold audience / to advise on state affairs / to administer state affairs / audience hall / to listen in

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

smile (archaic)

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

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])