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听力 in Context

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听力

Usage 1 - "ability to hear": 

*Sentence:

她的奶奶很老了,听力不好。

English:

Her grandmother is quite old, her hearing isn’t good.

Top-Down Words:

奶奶 nǎinai - paternal grandmother
老 lǎo - old
 


Usage 2 - "aural comprehension":

*Sentence:

我听力有问题。  

English:

My (Chinese) listening ability has issues.



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Comments   2

Jason Pon

Based on these 2 example sentences they both seem to translate to 'hearing' as a noun. Where's the nuance in there that gives rise to 2 usages?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Thanks for pointing this out, Jason. I changed the translation of the second sentence to "My (Chinese) listening ability has issues." In the context of language learning, your "听力" is your listening comprehension (aka, the most difficult part of language acquisition!). That said, I'm making a note to improve the sentence, because "我听力有问题" is too broad, it should be more specific.

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