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响

xiǎng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character Traditional 響

响 (xiǎng) means "to sound; loud". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 响 means

1. echo
2. sound
3. noise
4. to make a sound
5. to sound
6. to ring
7. loud
8. classifier for noises

Example sentences

• 响了。
  It rang.
• 铃响了。
  The bell rang.
• 钟还没响。
  The bell has not rung yet.
• 声音很响。
  The sound is really loud.
• 叩响幸福之门
  Kòu xiǎng xìngfú zhī mén
  Knock on the door of happiness.
• 钟响过了吗？
  Has the bell rung?

Words starting with 响

• 响应xiǎng yìngto respond to; answer
• 响亮xiǎng liàngloud and clear; resounding
• 响起xiǎng qǐ(of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out; to sound
• 响声xiǎng shēngnoise
• 响动xiǎng dòngsound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible); also pr. xiǎng dong
• 响彻xiǎng chèto resound; to resonate
• 响当当xiǎng dāng dāngresounding; loud; well known
• 响器xiǎng qìpercussion instrument
• 响度xiǎng dùloudness; volume
• 响头xiǎng tóuto bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground
• 响应时间xiǎng yìng shí jiānresponse time
• 响音xiǎng yīnsonorant
• 响雷xiǎng léito be thundering; thunder clap
• 响板xiǎng bǎncastanets (music)
• 响遍xiǎng biànto resound (all over the place)
• 响应号召xiǎng yìng hào zhàoto answer a call to action
• 响屁xiǎng pìloud fart
• 响水县Xiǎng shuǐ XiànXiangshui, a county in Yancheng City 盐城市
• 响箭xiǎng jiànwhistling arrow (used in ancient times as a signal)
• 响尾蛇xiǎng wěi shérattlesnake
• 响铃xiǎng líng(of a bell, alarm, or phone) to ring
• 响叮当xiǎng dīng dāngto tinkle; to jingle; to clank
• 响水Xiǎng shuǐsee 响水县

Words containing 响

• 影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect; to influence
• 音响yīn xiǎngsound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 组合音响
• 影响力yǐng xiǎng lìinfluence; impact
• 声响shēng xiǎngsound; noise
• 反响fǎn xiǎngrepercussions; reaction; echo
• 有影响yǒu yǐng xiǎnginfluential
• 回响huí xiǎngto echo; to reverberate; to respond
• 巨响jù xiǎngloud sound
• 敲响qiāo xiǎngto sound a bell; to raise the alarm
• 交响乐jiāo xiǎng yuèsymphony
• 交响曲jiāo xiǎng qǔsymphony
• 打响dǎ xiǎngto start shooting or firing; to win an initial success; to succeed (of a plan)
• 不声不响bù shēng bù xiǎng(idiom) wordless; silent; taciturn; without speaking
• 一声不响yī shēng bù xiǎngto keep totally silent; noiselessly
• 不同凡响bù tóng fán xiǎnglit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding; brilliant; out of the common run
• 交响乐团jiāo xiǎng yuè tuánsymphony orchestra
• 音响效果yīn xiǎng xiào guǒsound effects
• 交响jiāo xiǎngsymphony, symphonic
• 影响面yǐng xiǎng miànreach of influence; affected area
• 影响因子yǐng xiǎng yīn zǐimpact factor (of an academic journal)
• 打响名号dǎ xiǎng míng hàoto become well-known
• 未受影响wèi shòu yǐng xiǎngunaffected; not inconvenienced
• 环境影响huán jìng yǐng xiǎngenvironmental impact
• 交响乐队jiāo xiǎng yuè duìsymphony orchestra

Characters that look like 响

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 哦éto chant
• 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
• 唤huànto call
• 哄hōngroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)
• 咄duō(old) (interjection expressing disapproval, commiseration etc) tut!; Taiwan pr. duò
• 唑zuòazole (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read xiǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 想to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 享to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 饷soldier's pay
• 飨(literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain
• 晑bright; clear
• 蚃(literary) insect larva; Taiwan pr. xiàng
• 鲞dried fish

Where 响 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Physical sensations & states (HSK 4), HSK 3 Characters · Set 25 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiǎng correctly.
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