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鸣

míng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鳴

What 鸣 means

1. to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
2. to make a sound
3. to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)

Example sentences

• 你耳鸣吗？
  Nǐ ěrmíng ma?
  Do you have tinnitus?
• 电闪雷鸣。
  There is lightning.
• 面包比鸟的鸣唱好。
  A loaf of bread is better than the songs of birds.
• 闪电常常伴随着雷鸣。
  Shǎndiàn chángcháng bànsuí zhe léimíng.
  Lightning is usually followed by thunder.
• 我要为你演奏一首奏鸣曲。
  Wǒ yào wèi nǐ yǎnzòu yī shǒu zòumíngqǔ.
  I'll play a sonata for you.
• 汤姆能听到窗外的鸟鸣声。
  Tom could hear birds chirping outside his window.

Words starting with 鸣

• 鸣叫míng jiàoto emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc…
• 鸣笛míng díto hoot; to whistle
• 鸣枪míng qiāngto fire warning shots
• 鸣号míng hàoto sound the horn; to honk
• 鸣谢míng xièto express gratitude (esp. in public); vote of thanks
• 鸣金míng jīnto beat a gong; to sound the retreat
• 鸣钟míng zhōngto toll a bell
• 鸣鸟míng niǎosongbird
• 鸣不平míng bù píngto cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness
• 鸣金收兵míng jīn shōu bīngto beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
• 鸣金收军míng jīn shōu jūnto beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
• 鸣哨míng shàoto blow a whistle; (fig.) (of a sporting event) to kick off; to get underway
• 鸣禽míng qínsongbird
• 鸣冤叫屈míng yuān jiào qūto complain bitterly
• 鸣锣míng luóto beat a gong
• 鸣锣开道míng luó kāi dàoto beat the gong to clear the way; (fig.) to pave the way for sth
• 鸣鸠míng jiūturtledove
• 鸣角鸮Míng jiǎo xiāoScreech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)

Words containing 鸣

• 共鸣gòng míng(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
• 雷鸣léi míngthunder rolls
• 轰鸣hōng míngboom (sound of explosion); rumble
• 争鸣zhēng míngto contend
• 奏鸣曲zòu míng qǔsonata
• 鸟鸣niǎo míngbirdsong; warbling
• 百家争鸣bǎi jiā zhēng mínga hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools…
• 一鸣惊人yī míng jīng rénto amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
• 耳鸣ěr míngtinnitus
• 哀鸣āi míng(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail
• 悲鸣bēi míngto utter a mournful cry; wail; groan
• 自鸣得意zì míng dé yìto think highly of oneself
• 嘶鸣sī míngto whinny (of a horse); to neigh
• 蝉鸣chán míngsong of cicadas; chirping of insects
• 爆鸣bào míngsound of an explosion
• 武鸣区Wǔ míng QūWuming, a district of Nanning City 南宁市
• 自鸣钟zì míng zhōngchiming clock
• 蜂鸣器fēng míng qìbuzzer
• 不平则鸣bù píng zé míngwhere there is injustice, there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice
• 大鸣大放dà míng dà fàng(idiom) to freely air one's views; to be heard far and wide; to attract a lot of attention
• 奏鸣曲式zòu míng qǔ shìsonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music)
• 孤掌难鸣gū zhǎng nán míngIt's hard to clap with only one hand.; It takes two to tango…
• 击鼓鸣金jī gǔ míng jīnto beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat…
• 气鸣乐器qì míng yuè qìaerophone (music)

Characters built on 鸟

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

• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 鹦yīng(bound form) parrot
• 莺yīngoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 鸰língused in 鹡鸰

Characters that look like 鸣

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

• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
• 坞wù(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 呜wū(onomatopoeia) for humming or whimpering
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather

Sounds the same

Read míng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 名name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 明bright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 铭to engrave; inscribed motto
• 冥dark; deep; stupid
• 茗Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea
• 溟to drizzle; sea
• 暝dark
• 螟boring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 瞑to close (the eyes)
• 眳space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes
• 洺name of a river
• 榠used in 榠楂