shēng

sound, voice, noise; tone; music

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

lián shēng repeatedly (say something)
biān shēng outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc)
cǎi shēng applause
líng shēng ring; ringtone; bell stroke; tintinnabulation
匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom); to lie low
luó shēng sound of gong
陰平 yīn píng shēng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
陽平 yáng píng shēng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
隆隆 lóng lóng shēng rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
附和 suí shēng fù hè to parrot other people's words (idiom); to chime in with others
母 líng shēng mǔ absence of initial consonant; a Chinese syllable having no initial consonant (starting directly with the medial vowel)
léi shēng thunder
大,雨點小 léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action; action speaks louder than words; his bite is worse than his bark
電磁噪 diàn cí zào shēng electromagnetic noise
電話鈴 diàn huà líng shēng (telephone) ring; ringing
音樂之 yīn yuè zhī shēng The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)
xiǎng shēng noise
載道 sòng shēng zài dào lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation
chàn shēng trill (of voice); see also 顫聲|颤声[zhan4 sheng1]
zhàn shēng trembling voice; see also 顫聲|颤声[chan4 sheng1]
fēng shēng sound of the wind; rumor; talk; news; reputation
緊 fēng shēng jǐn (fig.) the situation is tense
鶴唳 fēng shēng hè lì lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom); fig. to panic at the slightest move; to be jittery
飲恨吞 yǐn hèn tūn shēng to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)
gāo shēng aloud; loud; loudly