声 (聲) shēng

1. shēng noun sound
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Barnes, 2007, p. 31; Guoyu '聲' n 1; Unihan '聲')
2. shēng measure word a measure word for sound (times)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '聲' n 6)
3. shēng foreign sheng
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
   Notes: Used for the sound in mantras and Sanskrit names
4. shēng noun voice
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 她低声的说 'She said in a low voice.' (Lao She 2003, p. 176; Barnes, 2007, p. 31; Unihan '聲')
5. shēng noun music
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '聲' n 2)
6. shēng noun language
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 语言 (Guoyu '聲' n 3)
7. shēng noun fame; reputation; honor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 名誉 (Guoyu '聲' n 4)
8. shēng noun a message
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 音信 (Guoyu '聲' n 5)
9. shēng measure word an utterance
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A unit to count speech utterances (Guoyu '聲' n 6)
10. shēng noun a consonant
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学 , Subdomain: Phonetics
    Notes: In the sense of 声母 (Guoyu '聲' n 7)
11. shēng noun a tone
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学 , Subdomain: Phonetics
    Notes: In the sense of 声调, the four tones in Putonghua (Guoyu '聲' n 8)
12. shēng verb to announce
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '聲' v)

Contained in

• 七声音阶(七聲音階) heptatonic scale
• 声势浩大(聲勢浩大) imposing
• 声价(聲價) reputation
• 掌声雷动(掌聲雷動) thunderous applause
• 声调轮廓(聲調輪廓) tone contour
• 发声法(發聲法) intonation
• 曼声(曼聲) lengthened sounds
• 呼声(呼聲) a shout
• 射频噪声(射頻噪聲) radio frequency noise
• 哨子声(哨子聲) whistling sound
• 齐声(齊聲) all speaking together; in chorus
• 声援(聲援) to support (a cause)
• 七声(七聲) seven tones of the musical scale ; seven methods of producing sound
• 整声(整聲) to tune (a musical instrument); to regulate the sound
• 立体声(立體聲) stereo sound
• 电话铃声(電話鈴聲) (telephone) ring; ringing
• 真声(真聲) natural voice; modal voice; true voice
• 声训(聲訓) explaining a character or word by using a homophone
• 声色(聲色) tone of voice ; the charm of decadent music ; facial features and expression ; news
• 变声(變聲) voice change (at puberty); to alter one's voice (deliberately); to sound different (when angry etc)
• 电磁噪声(電磁噪聲) electromagnetic noise
• 应声(應聲) an answering voice; to answer a voice; to respond; to copy a voice; to parrot
• 众口同声(眾口同聲) (of people) to be of one voice ; unanimous
• 空谷传声(空谷傳聲) sound resonates in an empty valley
• 和声(和聲) harmony
• 声优(聲優) voice actor
• 声说(聲說) to narrate
• 发声器(發聲器) sound device
• 美声唱法(美聲唱法) bel canto
• 超声(超聲) ultrasonic; ultrasound
• 叫声(叫聲) yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
• 声势赫赫(聲勢赫赫) majestic
• 大张声势(大張聲勢) to spread one's voice wide; wide publicity
• 万籁无声(萬籟無聲) not a sound to be heard ; dead silent
• 心声(心聲) thoughts; feelings; aspirations; heartfelt wishes; inner voice
• 名声(名聲) reputation
• 声色场所(聲色場所) red-light district
• 风声鹤唳(風聲鶴唳) wind sighing and crane calling; to panic at the slightest move; to be jittery
• 绘声绘色(繪聲繪色) to draw sound and color; vivid and lifelike
• 闷声发大财(悶聲發大財) to amass wealth while keeping a low profile
• 中国好声音(中國好聲音) The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
• 声旁字(聲旁字) character serving as sound value of another character; phonetic
• 齁声(齁聲) to snore
• 先声夺人(先聲奪人) to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
• 九声六调(九聲六調) nine tones and six modes
• 一声(一聲) first tone in Mandarin (high level tone)
• 尾声(尾聲) coda; epilogue; end

Also contained in

声韵学 、 音乐之声 、 全浊声母 、 秋声赋

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• 《卷十二‧水部》 Scroll 12, Shuǐ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 469
• 《艸部》 Cǎo Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 425
• 《卷七‧木部》 Scroll 7, Mù Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 401
• 《手部》 Shǒu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 266
• 《心部》 Xīn Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 261
• 《卷十四‧糸部》 Scroll 14, Mì Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 245
• 《言部》 Yán Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 243
• 《卷九‧人部》 Scroll 9, Rén Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 231
• 《女部》 Nǚ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 220
• 《卷十五‧金部》 Scroll 15, Jīn Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 197

Collocations

• 声伯 (聲伯) 子叔聲伯如晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 12
• 声子 (聲子) 繼室以聲子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 9
• 声姜 (聲姜) 聲姜以公故 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 声闻 (聲聞) 聲聞于野 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧鶴鳴 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - He Ming — count: 4
• 钟声 (鐘聲) 聞鍾聲焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 鸾声 (鸞聲) 鸞聲將將 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧庭燎 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Ting Liao — count: 4
• 声三 (聲三) 祝聲三 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 4
• 叔声 (叔聲) 子叔聲伯如晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 声不绝 (聲不絕) 聲不絕乎耳 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 3
• 奸声 (奸聲) 凡奸聲感人 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3