旁聽 (pángtīng) — to sit in on, to audit (a class); to attend as an observer (a trial, a meeting)

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞

旁聽 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)

旁聽＝旁＋聽

ㄆㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄥ · pángtīng

verb — to sit in on, to audit (a class); to attend as an observer (a trial, a meeting)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

旁to the side, off to one side (旁邊)páng

聽to listen (聽)tīng

旁聽，旁邊的旁，聽課的聽。

坐在一旁（旁），只是聽（聽），不算這堂課的人。

You sit off to one side (旁) and just listen (聽) — taking it all in without being counted among the class.

記憶法

關 · Related

聽課tīngkèto attend a lecture — 旁聽 does it from the side, unenrolled旁觀pángguānto look on from the side — the watching counterpart, same 旁