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

• 连声(連聲) to say repeatedly
• 悲声载道(悲聲載道) lamentations fill the roads; severe suffering all around
• 第二声(第二聲) second tone; rising tone
• 声嘶力竭(聲嘶力竭) to shout oneself hoarse
• 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
• 超声波(超聲波) ultrasound (scan)
• 先声夺人(先聲奪人) to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
• 七声(七聲) seven tones of the musical scale ; seven methods of producing sound
• 有声读物(有聲讀物) audiobook; recording of a person reading the text of a book
• 听到脚步声(聽到腳步聲) hear the sound of footsteps
• 采声(采聲) applause
• 笑声(笑聲) laughter
• 声色场所(聲色場所) red-light district
• 语声(語聲) spoken language ; sound of speaking
• 呼声(呼聲) a shout
• 万籁无声(萬籟無聲) not a sound to be heard ; dead silent
• 发声器(發聲器) sound device
• 声称(聲稱) to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert
• 政声(政聲) political reputation
• 轻声(輕聲) light stress ; neutral tone; light stress
• 声囊(聲囊) vocal sac; vocal pouch (for vocal amplification in male frogs)
• 鼓声(鼓聲) sound of a drum; drumbeat
• 声符(聲符) phonetic component of a Chinese character
• 绘声绘色(繪聲繪色) to draw sound and color; vivid and lifelike
• 曼声(曼聲) lengthened sounds
• 仄声(仄聲) oblique tone; nonlevel tone; uneven tone
• 声请(聲請) to make a formal request; formal request; to make a claim (law)
• 呼叫声(呼叫聲) whoop
• 歌声(歌聲) a singing voice
• 莺声燕语(鶯聲燕語) experienced and well spoken
• 不声不响(不聲不響) not making a sound; to be silent
• 失声(失聲) to lose one's voice; (to cry out) involuntarily
• 厉声(厲聲) stern voice
• 射频噪声(射頻噪聲) radio frequency noise
• 声调轮廓(聲調輪廓) tone contour
• 饮恨吞声(飲恨吞聲) drink bitterness and swallow cries; bitter regret
• 声势赫赫(聲勢赫赫) majestic
• 噪声(噪聲) noise
• 声色(聲色) tone of voice ; the charm of decadent music ; facial features and expression ; news
• 声优(聲優) voice actor
• 大张声势(大張聲勢) to spread one's voice wide; wide publicity
• 促声(促聲) entering tone
• 声息(聲息) sound (often with negative, not a sound); whisper
• 嘶哑声(嘶啞聲) hoarse
• 阒寂无声(闃寂無聲) totally silent
• 虚张声势(虛張聲勢) (false) bravado; to bluff
• 人声鼎沸(人聲鼎沸) a boiling cauldron of voices; hubbub; brouhaha
• 欢声(歡聲) cheers; cries of joy or approval

Also contained in

秋声赋 、 初声 、 声调语言

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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
• 声三 (聲三) 祝聲三 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — 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
• 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