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声

shēng · sheng

Traditional 聲

HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. sound
  2. voice
  3. tone
  4. noise
  5. reputation
  6. classifier for sounds
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2 examples
01

水(shuǐ)发(fā)出(chū)汩(gǔ)汩(gǔ)声(shēng)，火(huǒ)发(fā)出(chū)噼(pī)啪(pā)声(shēng)。

Water gurgles while fire crackles.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by uxintro · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)能(néng)听(tīng)到(dào)窗(chuāng)外(wài)的(de)鸟(niǎo)鸣(míng)声(shēng)。

Tom could hear birds chirping outside his window.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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