dung6 ting1動聽动听
Jyutpingdung6 ting1
Yaleduhng tīng
Definition
Pleasant to listen to, beautiful-sounding, or engaging to the ear.
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How it's used
Describes sounds that are genuinely pleasing or engaging to the listener, often used for music or someone's singing voice. While it can apply to speech, it is more commonly associated with artistic performances rather than just casual conversation. It carries a slightly more formal or literary weight compared to simply saying 好聽.
Examples
This song is really pleasant to listen to.
Related words
Common phrases
pleasant music
a pleasant singing voice
Common mistake
Beginners often confuse this with 好聽, which is the standard, everyday way to say something sounds good. Using 動聽 in a very casual setting might sound a bit like you are reading from a book or trying to sound overly poetic.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
