听审 (tīngshěn): to attend a court hearing

Meanings

1 to attend a court hearing
2 to take part in a trial
3 to sit in on a trial

Characters

听

to try (a case) / interrogate

Examples

明天上午九点开庭，请准时听审。

Míngtiān shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎn kāitíng, qǐng zhǔnshí tīngshěn.

The court convenes at nine tomorrow morning; please be on time for the hearing.

记者在法庭旁听审了整个过程。

Jìzhě zài fǎtíng pángtīng shěnle zhěnggè guòchéng.

Reporters sat in on the entire trial.

Tips

usage

Legal register. 听 'listen' + 审 'try / interrogate' = 'listen to / attend a trial.' Compare 旁听 (pángtīng, 'sit in / audit') and 审理 (shěnlǐ, 'to hear and decide a case').

Stroke Order

听 tīng

审 shěn

Related Words

庭审 tíngshěn #6,872

court hearing / trial

审判 shěnpàn HSK 7 #2,201

trial; court hearing / to try a case in court

听证会 tīngzhènghuì #4,727

hearing / public hearing

一审法院 yīshěnfǎyuàn

court of first instance / trial court

提审 tíshěn #33,437

to bring (a suspect) up for interrogation / to commit (someone) for trial / (of a higher court) to take over a case for review

听证 tīngzhèng #10,772

hearing / public hearing

开审 kāishěn #37,285

to begin a trial / to open a court hearing

听取 tīngqǔ HSK 6 #8,202

to hear; to listen to (reports, opinions) / to heed; to take in

审理 shěnlǐ #8,304

to try (a court case) / to hear (a case in court)

听说 tīngshuō HSK 2 #421

I heard that / it is said