The Chinese word 监听 is formed by combining two individual characters, each contributing its core meaning to create a new, unified concept. The first character, 监 (jiān), carries the idea of monitoring, supervising, or watching over. The second character, 听 (tīng), means to listen or hear. When merged, these characters conceptually blend to express the specific act of monitoring through auditory means, effectively meaning "to listen in on" or "to eavesdrop", where the supervisory aspect of 监 is applied directly to the action of listening denoted by 听. This formation relies on the semantic fusion of the characters' meanings to convey a focused activity rather than following a strict grammatical rule.