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声

shēng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 聲

What 声 means

1. sound
2. voice
3. tone
4. noise
5. reputation
6. classifier for sounds

Example sentences

• 大声些。
  Louder.
• 别作声！
  Don't talk!
• 大声喊!
  Scream it loud!
• 说大声点。
  Raise your voice.
• 大点儿声。
  Louder.
• 它太大声。
  It's too loud.

Words starting with 声

• 声音shēng yīnsound; voice
• 声调shēng diàotone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable)
• 声明shēng míngto state; to declare; statement
• 声誉shēng yùreputation; fame
• 声势shēng shìfame and power; prestige; influence
• 声响shēng xiǎngsound; noise
• 声称shēng chēngto claim; to state; to proclaim
• 声道shēng dàosound track; audio channel
• 声援shēng yuánto support (a cause)
• 声望shēng wàngreputation; prestige; public esteem
• 声乐shēng yuèvocal music
• 声名shēng míngreputation; declaration
• 声带shēng dàivocal cords; vocal folds; (motion picture) soundtrack
• 声嘶力竭shēng sī lì jiéto shout oneself hoarse (idiom)
• 声讨shēng tǎoto denounce; to condemn
• 声息shēng xīsound (often with negative, not a sound); whisper
• 声张shēng zhāngto make public; to disclose
• 声学shēng xuéacoustics
• 声浪shēng làngclamor
• 声部shēng bùpart (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part
• 声情并茂shēng qíng bìng mào(of a singer etc) excellent in voice and expression (idiom)
• 声泪俱下shēng lèi jù xiàto shed tears while recounting sth; speaking in a tearful voice
• 声言shēng yánto state; to declare; pronouncement; declaration
• 声波shēng bōsound wave

Words containing 声

• 大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice; loudly
• 铃声líng shēngring; ringtone; bell stroke
• 笑声xiào shēnglaughter
• 歌声gē shēngsinging voice; fig. original voice of a poet
• 小声xiǎo shēngin a low voice; (speak) in whispers
• 掌声zhǎng shēngapplause
• 低声dī shēngin a low voice; softly
• 无声wú shēngsoundless; silent
• 轻声qīng shēngin a quiet voice; softly; (linguistics) neutral tone
• 出声chū shēngto make a sound; to speak; to cry out
• 相声xiàng shengcomic dialogue; sketch; crosstalk
• 叫声jiào shēngyelling (sound made by person); barking; braying
• 名声míng shēngreputation
• 高声gāo shēngaloud; loud; loudly
• 哭声kū shēngsound of weeping
• 响声xiǎng shēngnoise
• 连声lián shēngrepeatedly (say something)
• 风声fēng shēngsound of the wind; rumor; talk
• 枪声qiāng shēngcrack; shooting sound; gunshot
• 心声xīn shēngheartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
• 钟声zhōng shēngthe sound of a bell
• 呼声hū shēnga shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
• 吭声kēng shēngto utter a word
• 尾声wěi shēngcoda; epilogue; end

Characters that look like 声

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

• 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
• 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 斧fǔhatchet
• 庚gēngage; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; seventh in order
• 芹qínChinese celery
• 庐lúhut

Sounds the same

Read shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 升to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter
• 牲domestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 笙sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
• 甥(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 昇(used as a surname and in given names)
• 泩rising of water
• 鼪stoat; weasel
• 呏gallon; quart
• 曻variant of 升