粵

聽teng1書syu1

simp听书
teng1 syu1tīng shū

English

  1. to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话[ping2 hua4]
  2. to listen to the teacher in a lesson
  3. to listen to an audiobook

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 上堂嗰陣聽老師講書、教書,吸收知識

Examples

  • 專心聽書

    pay attention in class

  • 梗係啦,我有聽書㗎!

    Of course - I paid attention in class.

  • 你哋傾少陣計,聽吓書得唔得啫?

    Could you please be quiet for a moment so we can listen to the lecture?

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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