The Chinese word **听力 (tīnglì)**, meaning "listening comprehension" or "hearing ability," is a compound noun formed through semantic combination. It consists of the character **听 (tīng)**, which means "to listen" or "to hear," and **力 (lì)**, which means "power," "ability," or "capacity." When combined, the literal sense is "listening power" or "the ability to hear," which directly and logically conveys the concept of one's auditory capability or, more specifically in educational contexts, the skill of understanding spoken language. This follows a common grammatical pattern in Mandarin where a verb (听) is modified by a noun denoting a faculty (力) to create a term for a specific capability.