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钟声

zhōng shēng

2-character word Traditional 鐘聲

What 钟声 means

1. the sound of a bell

The characters in 钟声

• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 声shēngsound; voice; tone

Example sentences

• 正午时分钟声响起。
  Zhèngwǔ shífēn zhōng shēngxiǎng qǐ.
  The bell rings at noon.
• 钟声一响起，老师就走进了教室。
  Zhōng shēng yī xiǎng qǐ, lǎoshī jiù zǒujìn le jiàoshì.
  As soon as the bell rang, the teacher came into the classroom.
• 当我看见他们在约会，我问他们:"我听到婚礼的钟声了吗?"
  When I saw them on a date, I asked them, "Do I hear wedding bells?"

Sounds the same

Read zhōng shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 终生throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong
• 中声the medial (vowel or diphthong) of a Korean syllable
• 终声the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)