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

• 声索国(聲索國) claimant country (in a territorial dispute)
• 吵闹声(吵鬧聲) noise
• 寄声(寄聲) to entrust somebody else to send greeting
• 声乐(聲樂) vocal music
• 原声(原聲) acoustic (musical instrument)
• 饮气吞声(飲氣吞聲) drink anger and swallow cries; bitter regret
• 铮铮有声(錚錚有聲) clanging sounds
• 咝咝声(噝噝聲) hissing sound
• 嘘声(噓聲) a hissing sound
• 悄无声息(悄無聲息) quietly; noiselessly
• 心声(心聲) thoughts; feelings; aspirations; heartfelt wishes; inner voice
• 噪声(噪聲) noise
• 电话铃声(電話鈴聲) (telephone) ring; ringing
• 传声器(傳聲器) microphone
• 同声传译(同聲傳譯) simultaneous interpretation
• 声门(聲門) glottis
• 声道(聲道) the vocal tract
• 不做声(不做聲) keep silent; not say a word
• 超声(超聲) ultrasonic; ultrasound
• 失声(失聲) to lose one's voice; (to cry out) involuntarily
• 恶声(惡聲) malicious abuse; lewd song; evil reputation
• 齐声(齊聲) all speaking together; in chorus
• 变声(變聲) voice change (at puberty); to alter one's voice (deliberately); to sound different (when angry etc)
• 七声(七聲) seven tones of the musical scale ; seven methods of producing sound
• 传声筒(傳聲筒) loudhailer; megaphone; one who parrots somebody; mouthpiece
• 出声(出聲) to let out a noise; to utter
• 颂声载道(頌聲載道) praise fills the roads; praise everywhere; universal approbation
• 听话听声，锣鼓听音(聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音) to understand the unspoken implications
• 爆声(爆聲) explosion; bang; sonic boom; engine knock
• 倒彩声(倒彩聲) jeering; booing; catcalls
• 猫叫声(貓叫聲) mew
• 连声(連聲) to say repeatedly
• 声像(聲像) audio-visual; (ultrasonography etc) acoustic image
• 声望(聲望) popularity; prestige
• 不露声色(不露聲色) not show one's feeling or intentions
• 阒寂无声(闃寂無聲) totally silent
• 厉声(厲聲) stern voice
• 整声(整聲) to tune (a musical instrument); to regulate the sound
• 忍气吞声(忍氣吞聲) to submit to humiliation; to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
• 先声(先聲) a herald; a precursor; a harbinger
• 吞声(吞聲) to swallow one's cries
• 声明(聲明) statement; declaration
• 声实(聲實) reputation and reality
• 一声不响(一聲不響) to keep totally silent
• 齁声(齁聲) to snore
• 声带(聲帶) vocal cords; vocal folds ; soundtrack

Also contained in

终声 、 声纽 、 平声 、 去声 、 声门塞音

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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
• 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
• 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
• 声三 (聲三) 祝聲三 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 4
• 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
• 声成文 (聲成文) 聲成文謂之音 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 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
• 奸声 (奸聲) 凡奸聲感人 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3