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声
Trad. 聲
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(Bushou)		 士
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 7
Structure
Decomp. 士眉
士 + 巴?
Prononciation
Mandarin shēng
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Pinyin sheng1
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声 shēng sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
Results beginning with 声
声音 shēng yīn voice / sound / CL:個|个[ge4]
声明 shēng míng to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4]
声道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel
声望 shēng wàng popularity / prestige
声响 shēng xiǎng sound / noise
声卡 shēng kǎ sound card
声称 shēng chēng to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert
声誉 shēng yù reputation / fame
声名 shēng míng reputation / declaration
声息 shēng xī sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper
声势 shēng shì fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum
声调 shēng diào tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4]
声乐 shēng yuè vocal music
声优 shēng yōu voice actor (loanword from Japanese 声優 / seiyū)
声波 shēng bō sound wave
声援 shēng yuán to support (a cause)
声讨 shēng tǎo to denounce / to condemn
声浪 shēng làng clamor
声光 shēng guāng acousto-optics
声带 shēng dài vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack
声学 shēng xué acoustics
声母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1])
声像 shēng xiàng audio-visual / (ultrasonography etc) acoustic image
声张 shēng zhāng to make public / to disclose
声威 shēng wēi prestige / renown / influence
声部 shēng bù part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part
声言 shēng yán to state / to declare / pronouncement / declaration
声纳 shēng nà sonar (loanword)
声气 shēng qì voice / tone / information
声频 shēng pín audio frequency
声门 shēng mén glottis
声速 shēng sù sound velocity
声符 shēng fú phonetic component of a Chinese character (e.g. the component 青[qing] in 清[qing1])
声价 shēng jià reputation
声类 Shēng lèi Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)
声呐 shēng nà sonar (loanword)
声囊 shēng náng vocal sac / vocal pouch (for vocal amplification in male frogs)
声旁 shēng páng phonetic component of Chinese character
声炮 shēng pào long-range acoustic device
声请 shēng qǐng to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law)
声束 shēng shù acoustic beam
声说 shēng shuō to narrate
声纹 shēng wén voiceprint
声鹀 shēng wú (bird species of China) common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
声线 shēng xiàn tone of voice / timbre
声效 shēng xiào sound effect
声训 shēng xùn explaining a character or word by using a homophone
声押 shēng yā to apply to a court for an arrest warrant
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声脉冲  acoustic pulse
声速图  velocity log / sonic log / acoustic velocity log / continuous velocity log
声穿透 shēng chuān tòu insonification / ensonification
声明书 shēng míng shū statement
声旁字 shēng páng zì character serving as sound value of another character / phonetic
声索国 shēng suǒ guó claimant country (in a territorial dispute)
声速仪 shēng sù yí velocimeter / sound velocity meter
声韵学 shēng yùn xué phonetics
声泪俱下 shēng lèi jù xià to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice
声东击西 shēng dōng jī xī to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion
声名狼藉 shēng míng láng jí to have a bad reputation
声情并茂 shēng qíng bìng mào (of a singer etc) excellent in voice and expression (idiom)
声嘶力竭 shēng sī lì jié to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)
声脉冲器  pinger
声速修正  sound velocity correction / velocity correction / sound speed correction / speed of sound correction
声波基底  acoustic basement / seismic basement
声测间隔  sounding interval
声纳扫海  sonar sweep / sweep
声波定位 shēng bō dìng wèi sonic location system (esp. underwater sonar) / acoustic positioning
声波探测 shēng bō tàn cè acoustic detection
声调轮廓 shēng diào lún kuò tone contour
声调语言 shēng diào yǔ yán tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
声类系统 shēng lèi xì tǒng phonetic system
声名大噪 shēng míng dà zào to rise to fame
声名大震 shēng míng dà zhèn to create a sensation
声纳浮标 shēng nà fú biāo sonobuoy
声纳记录 shēng nà jì lù echo sounder trace / echo-trace / echo sounder record;
声旁错误 shēng páng cuò wù phonological error
声色场所 shēng sè chǎng suǒ red-light district
声速剖面 shēng sù pōu miàn sound velocity profile / velocity profile / speed of sound profile
声学情报 shēng xué qíng bào acoustic intelligence
声音情报 shēng yīn qíng bào acoustical intelligence
声阻抗对比  acoustic impedance contrast
声后向散射  acoustic backscatter / backscatter
声频传感器  sound sensor
声波探测器  acoustic sensor
声调的调值 shēng diào de diào zhí pitch of tones
声阻抗曲线图  acoustic impedance log
声穿透点间隔  strike spacing
声脉冲探测器  pinger probe / pinger
声波驱赶装置  Acoustic Deterrent Devices
声频情报装置  audio-intelligence devices
声音监测系统  Sound Surveillance System
声纳起爆装置  sonar-activated initiator
声学共振谱学 shēng xué gòng zhèn pǔ xué acoustic resonance spectroscopy
声后向散射强度  acoustic backscatter intensity / backscatter intensity / backscatter strength
声援南非政治犯日  Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
声援无自由少年协会  Association for Solidarity with Freedom-deprived Juveniles
声学多普勒海流地貌图  Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
声援前线国家国际会议  International Conference in Solidarity with Front-Line States
声援南非政治犯国际日  International Day of Solidarity with the South African Political Prisoners
声援智利人民国际会议  International Conference of Solidarity with the Chilean People
声援南非人民特别会议  Extraordinary Solidarity Conference with the People of South Africa
声援巴勒斯坦人民国际日  International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
声援农村妇女日内瓦宣言  Geneva Declaration for Rural Women
声援南非人民斗争国际日  International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa
声援纳米比亚人民国际年  International Year of Solidarity with the People of Namibia
声援南部非洲人民团结周 shēng yuán nán bù fēi zhōu rén mín tuán jié zhōu Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Southern Africa
声援智利民主派斗争团结周  Week of Solidarity with the Struggle of Chilean Democratics
声援非洲民族解放运动宣言  Declaration of Solidarity with the African National Liberation Movements
声援巴勒斯坦人民国际会议  International Conference in Solidarity with the Palestinian People
声援非自治领土人民团结周 shēng yuán fēi zì zhì lǐng tǔ rén mín tuán jié zhōu Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
声援被居留和失踪工作人员日  Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
声援和支持南部非洲解放宣言  Declaration of Solidarity and Support for the Liberation of Southern Africa
声援受种族歧视人民国际会议  International Conference in Solidarity with Peoples under Racial Discrimination
声援南部非洲人民斗争团结周  Week of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Peoples of Southern Africa
声援南部非洲人民解放斗争会议  Conference in Solidarity with the Liberation Struggles of the Peoples of Southern Africa
声援南非和纳米比亚妇女斗争日  Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of South Africa and Namibia
声援南非政治犯国际日特别会议  Special Meeting in Observance of the International Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
声援反种族主义人民斗争国际周  International Week of Solidarity with People Struggling against Racism
声援纳米比亚人民斗争国际会议  International Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Namibia
声援和支持艾滋病患者家庭工作组  Working Group on Advocacy and Support for Families Affected by AIDS
声援巴勒斯坦人民国际日特别会议  Special Meeting in Observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
声援南非人民斗争国际日特别会议  Special Meeting in Observance of the International Day of Solidarity with Struggling People of South Africa
声援波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那人民日  Day of Solidarity with the People of Bosnia and Herzegovina
声援非洲和阿拉伯人民斗争国际会议  International Conference of Solidarity with the Struggle of the African and Arab Peoples
声援南非和纳米比亚妇女斗争国际日  International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of South Africa and Namibia
声援南部非洲学生斗争国际学生会议  International Student Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the Students of Southern Africa
声援争取民族解放的人民和国家团结周  Week of Solidarity with Peoples and Countries Struggling for their National Liberation
声援巴勒斯坦阿拉伯人民争取权利斗争日  Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Arab People of Palestine for their Rights
Approximate Results for 声
一声 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
铃声 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
大声 dà shēng loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly
笑声 xiào shēng laughter
歌声 gē shēng singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
无声 wú shēng noiseless / noiselessly / silent
出声 chū shēng to make a sound / to speak / to cry out
低声 dī shēng in a low voice / softly
小声 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
轻声 qīng shēng quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress
掌声 zhǎng shēng applause / CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
原声 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument)
叫声 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
名声 míng shēng reputation
心声 xīn shēng thoughts / feelings / aspirations / heartfelt wishes / inner voice
风声 fēng shēng sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation
噪声 zào shēng noise
高声 gāo shēng aloud / loud / loudly
相声 xiàng sheng comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk
呼声 hū shēng a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
尾声 wěi shēng coda / epilogue / end
响声 xiǎng shēng noise
放声 fàng shēng very loudly / at the top of one's voice
哭声 kū shēng sound of weeping
厉声 lì shēng stern voice
应声 yìng shēng an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot
失声 shī shēng to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
连声 lián shēng repeatedly (say something)
齐声 qí shēng all speaking together / in chorus
发声 fā shēng vocal / sound / sound production / to utter / to give voice
超声 chāo shēng ultrasonic / ultrasound
枪声 qiāng shēng crack / shooting sound / gunshot
喊声 hǎn shēng to yell / hubbub
回声 huí shēng echo
雷声 léi shēng thunder
吼声 hǒu shēng roar
和声 hé shēng harmony (music)
语声 yǔ shēng spoken language / sound of speaking
吭声 kēng shēng to utter a word
欢声 huān shēng cheers / cries of joy or approval
鼓声 gǔ shēng sound of a drum / drumbeat
悄声 qiǎo shēng quietly / in a low voice
美声 měi shēng bel canto
变声 biàn shēng voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
鼾声 hān shēng sound of snoring
吱声 zhī shēng to utter a word / to make a sound / to cheep / to squeak / also pr. [zi1 sheng1]
嘘声 xū shēng hissing sound / to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
纵声 zòng shēng loudly / in a loud voice
消声 xiāo shēng sound dissipation / noise reduction
做声 zuò shēng to speak / to emit sound
四声 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 / and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
蜚声 fēi shēng to make a name / to become famous
哼声 hēng shēng hum
啼声 tí shēng ululation / to howl
先声 xiān shēng herald / precursor / harbinger
平声 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
怨声 yuàn shēng wail / lament / voice of complaint
去声 qù shēng falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin
入声 rù shēng entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
上声 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin
形声 xíng shēng ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
吞声 tūn shēng to swallow one's cries
地声  earth noise
爆声 bào shēng explosion / bang / sonic boom / engine knock
边声 biān shēng outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc)
采声 cǎi shēng applause / cheering
彩声 cǎi shēng applause / cheering
颤声 chàn shēng trill (of voice) / see also 顫聲|颤声[zhan4 sheng1]
传声 chuán shēng microphone / to use a microphone
初声 chū shēng the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
促声 cù shēng same as 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1] / entering tone
二声 èr shēng second tone
恶声 è shēng malicious abuse / lewd song / evil reputation
吓声 hè shēng ho
假声 jiǎ shēng falsetto / opposite: natural or true voice 真聲|真声[zhen1 sheng1]
噤声 jìn shēng to keep silent
锣声 luó shēng sound of gong
骂声 mà shēng scolding / tongue-lashing / (fig.) angry criticism / opprobrium / CL:片[pian4]
拟声 nǐ shēng onomatopoeia
窃声 qiè shēng in a whisper / in stealthy tones
七声 qī shēng tones of the musical scale
收声 shōu shēng (Cantonese) to stop talking / to shut up
谐声 xié shēng combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in 功[gong1], which has signific 力[li4] and phonetic 工[gong1] (also referred to as 形聲|形声[xing2 sheng1]) / (of words or characters) homophonous
吸声 xī shēng sound absorption
仄声 zè shēng oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
颤声 zhàn shēng trembling voice / see also 顫聲|颤声[chan4 sheng1]
整声 zhěng shēng to tune (a musical instrument) / to regulate the sound
郑声 Zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music
真声 zhēn shēng natural voice / modal voice / true voice / opposite: falsetto 假聲|假声[jia3 sheng1]
中声 zhōng shēng the medial (vowel or diphthong) of a Korean syllable
终声 zhōng shēng the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
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立体声 lì tǐ shēng stereo sound
超声波 chāo shēng bō ultrasound (scan)
扬声器 yáng shēng qì speaker
不做声 bù zuò shēng keep silent / not say a word
鞭炮声 biān pào shēng sound of firecrackers
留声机 liú shēng jī gramophone / phonograph
消声器 xiāo shēng qì noise reduction equipment
嘈杂声 cáo zá shēng noise / din
嗡嗡声 wēng wēng shēng hum / drone / buzz
叫床声 jiào chuáng shēng to moan (in bed) / cries of pleasure during love-making
俞正声 yú zhèng shēng Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician
隆隆声 lóng lóng shēng rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
有声书 yǒu shēng shū audiobook
传声器 chuán shēng qì microphone
传声筒 chuán shēng tǒng loudhailer / megaphone / one who parrots sb / mouthpiece
滴答声 dī da shēng tick (tock)
形声字 xíng shēng zì phono-semantic compound character
应声虫 yīng shēng chóng yes-man / opinionless person
叮当声 dīng dāng shēng tinkle
次声波 cì shēng bō infrasonic wave
象声词 xiàng shēng cí onomatopoeia
猫叫声 māo jiào shēng mew
隆声器  boomer
超声学  ultrasonics
吵闹声 chǎo nào shēng noise
超声频 chāo shēng pín ultrasonic / beyond human hearing
倒彩声 dào cǎi shēng jeering / booing / catcalls
第二声 dì èr shēng second tone in Mandarin / rising tone
叮噹声 dīng dāng shēng tinkle
第三声 dì sān shēng third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone
第四声 dì sì shēng fourth tone in Mandarin / falling tone
第一声 dì yī shēng first tone in Mandarin / high, level tone
发声法 fā shēng fǎ intonation
发声器 fā shēng qì sound device
发嘘声 fā xū shēng to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
风声紧 fēng shēng jǐn (fig.) the situation is tense
呼呼声 hū hū shēng whir
呼叫声 hū jiào shēng whoop
急促声 jí cù shēng patter
噤声令 jìn shēng lìng gag order
咔哒声 kǎ da shēng (onom.) clunk
喀哒声 kā da shēng (onom.) clunk
赖声川 Lài Shēng chuān Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director
零声母 líng shēng mǔ (Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)
猫声鸟 māo shēng niǎo catbird
摹声词 mó shēng cí (linguistics) onomatopoeic word
拟声词 nǐ shēng cí onomatopoeia
倪柝声 Ní Tuò shēng Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian
哨子声 shào zi shēng whistling sound
嘶嘶声 sī sī shēng hiss
咝咝声 sī sī shēng hissing sound (onom.)
嘶哑声 sī yǎ shēng hoarse
阳平声 yáng píng shēng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
应声虫 yìng shēng chóng yes-man / opinionless person
阴平声 yīn píng shēng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
原声带 yuán shēng dài soundtrack / master tape
吱嘎声 zhī gā shēng (linguistics) creaky voice / vocal fry
状声词 zhuàng shēng cí onomatopoeia
自噪声 zì zào shēng self-noise
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