shēng

sound; voice; noise

Character data

Radical ⽿ (128.11)
Strokes 17
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

聲 shēng
  1. 1. sound
  2. 2. voice
  3. 3. noise
  4. 4. tone
  5. 5. reputation
  6. 6. classifier for sounds

Words containing 聲

Word Meaning
type-B ultrasound
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
to not say a word
to keep totally silent; noiselessly
(of singers etc) one answering the other
tones of the musical scale
heptatonic scale
third tone in modern Mandarin; falling and rising tone
keep silent; not say a word
not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected
wordless and silent (idiom); without speaking; taciturn
not show one's feeling or intentions
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
medial (i.e. middle vowel of a syllable in Asian phonetics)
the nine tones and six tone patterns
second tone
pentatonic scale
hubbub; brouhaha; lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)
oblique tone; nonlevel tone
in a low voice; softly
in a whisper; in a low voice (idiom)
same as rù shēng; entering tone
Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician
booing; jeering; catcalls
Watchman Nee, Chinese Christian leader
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