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voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *平* | 平* | *平
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声
HSK 2
to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL: 項|项,
HSK 3
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *声* | 声* | *声
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *入* | 入* | *入
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时) / abbr. for 入聲|入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese "iri")
HSK 6
loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *上* | 上* | *上
to not say a word
HSK 7-9
type-B ultrasound
laughter
HSK 6
applause / CL: 陣|阵
HSK 6
comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk
HSK 5
simultaneous interpretation
B-mode ultrasonography / prenatal ultrasound scan / abbr. for B型超聲|B型超声
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
coda / epilogue / end
HSK 7-9
ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
HSK 5
tone contour
reputation; prestige; public esteem
HSK 7-9
in a fine voice (idiom); softly spoken
onomatopoeia
reputation / fame
HSK 7-9
glottis
noise
HSK 6
voice / tone / information
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
HSK 7-9
noise pollution
different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert
HSK 7-9
heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
HSK 7-9
tones of the musical scale
voice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 "seiyū")
sonar (loanword)
in a quiet voice; softly / (linguistics) neutral tone
audiobook / recording of a person reading the text of a book
to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
ultrasonic / ultrasound
to support (a cause)
echo
(of people) to be of one voice (idiom) / unanimous
noise
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone
to make public / to disclose
noise
HSK 7-9
to make a sound / to speak / to cry out
to rise to fame
to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention / to make one's views known
lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence
HSK 7-9
lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom) / hubbub / brouhaha
to transmit sound
sound of weeping
sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper
to keep totally silent / noiselessly
second tone
vocal music
having sound and color (idiom); vivid / dazzling
HSK 7-9
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it
acoustics
ultrasound (scan)
wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking / taciturn / not providing any news
gramophone / phonograph
in a whisper / in a low voice (idiom)
the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
keep silent / not say a word
microphone
disclaimer
hissing sound / to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
to utter a word
simultaneous translation
reputation / declaration
in a low voice / softly
harmony (music)
to sob loudly; to bawl
canned laughter; laugh track
sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom) / to heave deep sighs / to sigh in despair
lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
onomatopoeia
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack
voice (as sth that may be described as husky 沙啞|沙哑 or deep 低沉 etc) / (physics) sound ray
acoustic (musical instrument)
speaker
speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词 and 相聲|相声 / (music) rapping
comic monologue / one-person comic sketch
absolutely quiet
sonar (loanword)
sound effect
loudhailer / megaphone / one who parrots sb / mouthpiece
to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
all speaking together; in chorus
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
sound card
(idiom) to rise to fame
hum / drone / buzz

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