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嗓

sǎng

HSK 5 Character

What 嗓 means

1. throat
2. voice

Example sentences

• 你有副好嗓音。
  Nǐ yǒu fù hǎo sǎngyīn.
  You have a wonderful voice.
• 她提高了她的嗓音。
  Tā tígāo le tā de sǎngyīn.
  She raised her voice.
• 她们提高了她们的嗓门。
  They raised their voices.
• 一根鱼刺卡在我嗓子里了。
  Yī gēn yúcì kǎ zài wǒ sǎngzi lǐ le.
  A fish bone has stuck in my throat.
• 我只是想要听听你的嗓音。
  I just felt like hearing the sound of your voice.
• 他压低嗓门对她说：“我爱你。”
  Tā yādī sǎngmén duì tā shuō:“ wǒ ài nǐ.”
  He said to her under his breath, "I love you."

Words starting with 嗓

• 嗓子sǎng zithroat; voice
• 嗓音sǎng yīnvoice
• 嗓门sǎng ménvoice; windpipe
• 嗓子眼sǎng zi yǎnthroat
• 嗓眼sǎng yǎnthroat
• 嗓门眼sǎng mén yǎnthroat
• 嗓子眼儿sǎng zi yǎn rerhua variant of 嗓子眼

Words containing 嗓

• 倒嗓dǎo sǎng(of a singer) to lose one's voice; (male opera singer's) voice change (at puberty)
• 假嗓jiǎ sǎngfalsetto (in opera)
• 大嗓dà sǎngloud voice
• 小嗓xiǎo sǎngfalsetto (in Chinese opera)
• 清嗓qīng sǎngto clear one's throat; to hawk
• 假嗓子jiǎ sǎng zifalsetto (in opera)
• 吊嗓子diào sǎng zivoice training (for Chinese opera)
• 左嗓子zuǒ sǎng zioff-key singing voice; sb who sings off-key
• 扯嗓子chě sǎng zito raise one's voice; to speak at the top of one's voice
• 清嗓子qīng sǎng zito clear one's throat
• 馕嗓nǎng sǎngto stuff one's throat with food

Characters built on 桑

These share the phonetic component 桑 (sāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 搡sǎngto push forcefully; to shove
• 磉sǎngstone plinth

Characters that look like 嗓

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

• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 嗷áoloud clamor; the sound of wailing
• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 喙huìbeak; snout; mouth
• 嗪qínused in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
• 豢huànto rear; to raise (animals)

Sounds the same

Read sǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搡to push forcefully; to shove
• 磉stone plinth
• 颡(literary) forehead