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声
聲
shēng
1. sound
2. voice
3. tone
4. noise
5. classifier for sounds
Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

声
shēng
sound, noise; voice, tone, music
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

一声
yīshēng
first tone in Mandarin (high level tone)
七声
qīshēng
tones of the musical scale
上声
shǎngshēng
falling and rising tone
中声
zhōngshēng
medial (i.e. middle vowel of a syllable in Asian phonetics)
二声
èrshēng
second tone
仄声
zèshēng
oblique tone
低声
dīshēng
low voice
促声
cùshēng
same as [[入聲|入声<rùshēng>]]
假声
jiǎshēng
falsetto
做声
zuòshēng
to speak
传声
chuánshēng
microphone
先声
xiānshēng
herald
入声
rùshēng
entering tone
出声
chūshēng
to utter
初声
chūshēng
initial (i.e. initial consonant of a syllable in Asian phonetics)
厉声
lìshēng
stern voice
去声
qùshēng
falling tone
叫声
jiàoshēng
yelling (sound made by person)
名声
míngshēng
reputation
吞声
tūnshēng
to swallow one's cries

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
194
Word Frequency Rank
399 of 84,292

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