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竖起耳朵

shù qǐ ěr duodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to prick up one's ears / to strain to hear sth
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-b25398ab2410e818. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

豎起耳朵 竖起耳朵 [shu4 qi3 er3 duo5] /to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 豎起耳朵

  • 竖
    shù

    to erect / vertical / vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

  • 起
    qǐ

    to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

  • 耳
    ěr

    ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

  • 朵
    duǒ

    flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.