听觉

聽覺

tīngjué

noun #14,028

Meanings

1 sense of hearing; auditory perception

Characters

to listen; to hear

sense; perception

Examples

他的听觉非常灵敏。

Tā de tīngjué fēicháng língmǐn.

His sense of hearing is extremely sharp.

年纪大了，听觉会下降。

Niánjì dà le, tīngjué huì xiàjiàng.

As you get older, your hearing declines.

Tips

usage

The five senses in Chinese: 视觉 (shìjué, sight), 听觉 (tīngjué, hearing), 嗅觉 (xiùjué, smell), 味觉 (wèijué, taste), 触觉 (chùjué, touch). They all share the 觉 (jué) suffix.

Stroke Order

听 tīng

觉 jué