shēng

sound, voice, noise; tone; music

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

令 jìn shēng lìng gag order
zào shēng noise
污染 zào shēng wū rǎn noise pollution
sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声; the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
杜鵑 sì shēng dù juān (bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
huí shēng echo
定位 huí shēng dìng wèi echolocation
大張勢 dà zhāng shēng shì to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity
大放悲 dà fàng bēi shēng great release of sorrow; to burst into tears
dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly
喊叫 dà shēng hǎn jiào to shout loudly
疾呼 dà shēng jí hū to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known
shī shēng to lose one's voice; (to cry out) involuntarily
射頻噪 shè pín zào shēng radio frequency noise
對口相 duì kǒu xiàng shēng comic crosstalk; formalized comic dialogue between two stand-up comics: leading role 逗哏[dou4 gen2] and fall-guy 捧哏[peng3 gen2]
xiǎo shēng in a low voice; (speak) in whispers
啼哭 jiān shēng tí kū squeal
wěi shēng coda; epilogue; end
píng shēng level or even tone; first and second tones in modern Mandarin
xíng shēng ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
字 xíng shēng zì radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
德國之 dé guó zhī shēng Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster
xīn shēng thoughts; feelings; aspirations; heartfelt wishes; inner voice
忍氣吞 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
yuàn shēng wail; lament; voice of complaint