shēng

sound, voice, noise; tone; music

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

類系統 shēng lèi xì tǒng phonetic system
鵐 shēng wú (bird species of China) common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
聽話聽,鑼鼓聽音 tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
萬籟無 wàn lài wú shēng not a sound to be heard (idiom); dead silent
虛張勢 xū zhāng shēng shì (false) bravado; to bluff
fēi shēng to make a name; to become famous
世界 fēi shēng shì jiè famous throughout the world
海外 fēi shēng hǎi wài famous at home and abroad
蟲鳥叫 chóng niǎo jiào shēng chirp
複詞 yǎn shēng fù cí compound word such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1], 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly
言為心 yán wéi xīn shēng one's words reflect one's thinking (idiom)
yǔ shēng spoken language; sound of speaking
變徵之 biàn zhǐ zhī shēng modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale
biàn shēng voice change (at puberty); to alter one's voice (deliberately); to sound different (when angry etc)
詞 xiàng shēng cí onomatopoeia
貓叫 māo jiào shēng mew
鳥 māo shēng niǎo catbird
川 lài shēng chuān Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director
chāo shēng ultrasonic; ultrasound
掃描 chāo shēng sǎo miáo ultrasonic scan
波 chāo shēng bō ultrasound (scan)
波檢查 chāo shēng bō jiǎn chá echography; ultrasound scan
頻 chāo shēng pín ultrasonic; beyond human hearing
qīng shēng quietly; softly; neutral tone; light stress
細語 qīng shēng xì yǔ to speak softly; to whisper (idiom)