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

• 发声法(發聲法) intonation
• 悄无声息(悄無聲息) quietly; noiselessly
• 怨声(怨聲) wail; lament; voice of complaint
• 出声(出聲) to let out a noise; to utter
• 免责声明(免責聲明) disclaimer
• 风声鹤唳(風聲鶴唳) wind sighing and crane calling; to panic at the slightest move; to be jittery
• 噤声令(噤聲令) gag order
• 雷声大，雨点小(雷聲大，雨點小) loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain; a lot of talk, but no action; action speaks louder than words
• 倪柝声(倪柝聲) Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee
• 声明(聲明) statement; declaration
• 虫鸟叫声(蟲鳥叫聲) chirp
• 哭声震天(哭聲震天) cries of grief shake the heavens; great sorrow
• 大声喊叫(大聲喊叫) to shout loudly
• 象声词(象聲詞) onomatopoeia
• 饮恨吞声(飲恨吞聲) drink bitterness and swallow cries; bitter regret
• 拟声(擬聲) onomatopoeia
• 嘘声(噓聲) a hissing sound
• 声索国(聲索國) claimant country (in a territorial dispute)
• 瓮声瓮气(甕聲甕氣) to speak in a low muffled voice
• 隆隆声(隆隆聲) rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
• 高声(高聲) aloud; loud; loudly
• 原声(原聲) acoustic (musical instrument)
• 拟声唱法(擬聲唱法) scat singing
• 发声器官(發聲器官) vocal organs; vocal cords
• 异口同声(異口同聲) different people speaking in unison
• 爆声(爆聲) explosion; bang; sonic boom; engine knock
• 声气(聲氣) voice; tone
• 猫声鸟(貓聲鳥) catbird
• 做声(做聲) to speak; to emit sound
• 默不作声(默不作聲) to not make a sound
• 叮当声(叮噹聲) tinkle
• 一声(一聲) first tone in Mandarin (high level tone)
• 真声最高音(真聲最高音) highest true (non-falsetto) voice
• 唉声叹气(唉聲嘆氣) sighing voice, wailing breath; to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair
• 相声(相聲) comic dialog; sketch; cross talk
• 押平声韵(押平聲韻) to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声)
• 呼叫声(呼叫聲) whoop
• 倒彩声(倒彩聲) jeering; booing; catcalls
• 声押(聲押) to apply to a court for an arrest warrant
• 悄声(悄聲) quietly; in a low voice
• 吭声(吭聲) to utter a word
• 声价(聲價) reputation
• 嗡嗡声(嗡嗡聲) hum; drone; buzz
• 和声(和聲) harmony
• 超声频(超聲頻) ultrasonic; beyond human hearing
• 声势赫赫(聲勢赫赫) majestic

Also contained in

声韵学 、 俞正声 、 妙声鸟 、 浊声门擦音 、 入声

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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
• 声不绝 (聲不絕) 聲不絕乎耳 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 3
• 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