shēng

sound, voice, noise; tone; music

DEFINITIONS

聲 shēng
  • sound
  • voice
  • tone
  • noise
  • reputation
  • classifier for sounds

WORDS

B型超 b xíng chāo shēng type-B ultrasound
yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
不吭 yī shēng bù kēng to not say a word
不響 yī shēng bù xiǎng to keep totally silent; noiselessly
一遞一 yī dì yī shēng (of singers etc) one answering the other
qī shēng tones of the musical scale
音階 qī shēng yīn jiē heptatonic scale
shǎng shēng falling and rising tone; third tone in modern Mandarin
不做 bù zuò shēng keep silent; not say a word
不動色 bù dòng shēng sè not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected; not batting an eyelid
不響 bù shēng bù xiǎng wordless and silent (idiom); without speaking; taciturn
不露色 bù lù shēng sè not show one's feeling or intentions
中國好音 zhōng guó hǎo shēng yīn The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
zhōng shēng medial (i.e. middle vowel of a syllable in Asian phonetics)
六調 jiǔ shēng liù diào nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
èr shēng second tone
音階 wǔ shēng yīn jiē pentatonic scale
鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub; brouhaha
zè shēng oblique tone; nonlevel tone; uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
dī shēng in a low voice; softly
細語 dī shēng xì yǔ in a whisper; in a low voice (idiom)
cù shēng same as 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; entering tone
俞正 yú zhèng shēng Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician
倒彩 dào cǎi shēng jeering; booing; catcalls
倪柝 ní tuò shēng Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian
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