shēng

sound, voice, noise; tone; music

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

jiǎ shēng falsetto; opposite: natural or true voice 真聲|真声[zhen1 sheng1]
zuò shēng to speak; to emit sound
chuán shēng microphone; to use a microphone
器 chuán shēng qì microphone
筒 chuán shēng tǒng loudhailer; megaphone; one who parrots sb; mouthpiece
xiān shēng herald; precursor; harbinger
奪人 xiān shēng duó rén to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
免責明 miǎn zé shēng míng disclaimer
rù shēng entering tone; checked tone; one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
杜鵑 bā shēng dù juān (bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
chū shēng to utter; to give voice
chū shēng initial (i.e. initial consonant of a syllable in Asian phonetics)
yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument)
lì shēng stern voice
qù shēng falling tone; fourth tone in modern Mandarin
口口 kǒu kou shēng shēng to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
叮噹 dīng dāng shēng tinkle
一哭 tóng shēng yī kū to share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)
傳譯 tóng shēng chuán yì simultaneous interpretation
翻譯 tóng shēng fān yì simultaneous translation
míng shēng reputation
tūn shēng to swallow one's cries
忍氣 tūn shēng rěn qì see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[ren3 qi4 tun1 sheng1]
kēng shēng to utter a word