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声音

shēng yīn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 聲音

声音 (shēng yīn) means "sound; voice". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 声音 means

1. sound; voice

The characters in 声音

• 声shēngsound; voice; tone
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

Example sentences

• 甚么声音？
  What's that sound?
• 什么声音？
  What's that sound?
• 声音很响。
  The sound is really loud.
• 汤姆声音尖。
  Tom has a high-pitched voice.
• 他的声音高亢。
  Tā de shēngyīn gāokàng.
  His voice is loud.
• 不要发出声音。
  Don't make a noise.

Words containing 声音

• 中国好声音Zhōng guó Hǎo Shēng yīnThe Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
• 七声音阶qī shēng yīn jiēheptatonic scale
• 五声音阶wǔ shēng yīn jiēpentatonic scale

Where 声音 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Abstract Nouns & Key Concepts (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 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shēng yīn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.