听由 (tīng yóu) — to let (someone) do as they please, to allow wi…

Definition

听由 (tīng yóu) is a formal verb meaning 'to let someone do as they please, to allow without interference' — closer in weight to 听任 than to 随便.

verb

to let (someone) do as they pleaseto allow without interference

听由。
Fù mǔ bú yīng gāi wán quán tīng yóu hái zi zì jǐ zuò jué dìng.
Parents shouldn't completely let their children make decisions on their own.
，听由。
Jì rán nǐ jiān chí, wǒ jiù tīng yóu nǐ qù ba.
Since you insist, I'll let you go.
听由。
Tā xuǎn zé tīng yóu mìng yùn de ān pái.
He chose to let fate arrange things.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

Both 听 and 由 mean let or allow, so together they describe letting someone act freely.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聽; 听 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聽 has 耳 (ear) and 口 (mouth), used for listening; the simplified 听 is a later shortened form unrelated to that picture.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

It began as a drawing of new shoots or leaves growing upward from a plant-like base.