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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
声音 shēngyīn	声音 \| 声音* \| *声音	voice / sound / CL: 個｜个	聲音 HSK 3


平 píng	平 \| 平* \| *平	flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲｜平声	HSK 5


声调 shēngdiào	声调 \| 声调* \| *声调	tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL: 個｜个	聲調 HSK 5


声明 shēngmíng	声明 \| 声明* \| *声明	to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL: 項｜项, 份	聲明 HSK 6


相声 xiàngsheng	相声 \| 相声* \| *相声	comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk	相聲 HSK 6


声誉 shēngyù	声誉 \| 声誉* \| *声誉	reputation / fame	聲譽 HSK 6


鸦雀无声 yāquèwúshēng	鸦雀无声 \| 鸦雀无声* \| *鸦雀无声	lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence	鴉雀無聲 HSK 6


声势 shēngshì	声势 \| 声势* \| *声势	fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum	聲勢 HSK 6


B超 B chāo	B超 \| B超* \| *B超	B-mode ultrasonography / prenatal ultrasound scan / abbr. for B型超聲｜B型超声


上 shǎng	上 \| 上* \| *上	used in 上聲｜上声


发声 fāshēng	发声 \| 发声* \| *发声	vocal / sound / sound production / to utter / to give voice	發聲


入 rù	入 \| 入* \| *入	to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / to confirm or agree with / abbr. for 入聲｜入声


声 shēng	声 \| 声* \| *声	sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds	聲


应声虫 yìngshēngchóng	应声虫 \| 应声虫* \| *应声虫	yes-man / opinionless person	應聲蟲


心声 xīnshēng	心声 \| 心声* \| *心声	thoughts / feelings / aspirations / heartfelt wishes / inner voice	心聲


一声 yīshēng	一声 \| 一声* \| *一声	first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)	一聲


声援 shēngyuán	声援 \| 声援* \| *声援	to support (a cause)	聲援


回声 huíshēng	回声 \| 回声* \| *回声	echo	回聲


大声 dàshēng	大声 \| 大声* \| *大声	loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly	大聲


声优 shēngyōu	声优 \| 声优* \| *声优	voice actor (loanword from Japanese 声優 seiyū)	聲優


响声 xiǎngshēng	响声 \| 响声* \| *响声	noise	響聲


欢声笑语 huānshēngxiàoyǔ	欢声笑语 \| 欢声笑语* \| *欢声笑语	cheers and laughter	歡聲笑語


超声 chāoshēng	超声 \| 超声* \| *超声	ultrasonic / ultrasound	超聲


哭声 kūshēng	哭声 \| 哭声* \| *哭声	sound of weeping	哭聲


吭声 kēngshēng	吭声 \| 吭声* \| *吭声	to utter a word	吭聲


和声 héshēng	和声 \| 和声* \| *和声	harmony (music)	和聲


先声 xiānshēng	先声 \| 先声* \| *先声	herald / precursor / harbinger	先聲


歌声 gēshēng	歌声 \| 歌声* \| *歌声	singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet	歌聲


小声 xiǎoshēng	小声 \| 小声* \| *小声	in a low voice / (speak) in whispers	小聲


掌声 zhǎngshēng	掌声 \| 掌声* \| *掌声	applause / CL: 陣｜阵	掌聲


噤声 jìnshēng	噤声 \| 噤声* \| *噤声	to keep silent	噤聲


低声 dīshēng	低声 \| 低声* \| *低声	in a low voice / softly	低聲


声响 shēngxiǎng	声响 \| 声响* \| *声响	sound / noise	聲響


名声 míngshēng	名声 \| 名声* \| *名声	reputation	名聲


唉声叹气 āishēngtànqì	唉声叹气 \| 唉声叹气* \| *唉声叹气	sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom) / to heave deep sighs / to sigh in despair	唉聲嘆氣


轻声 qīngshēng	轻声 \| 轻声* \| *轻声	quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress	輕聲


噪声 zàoshēng	噪声 \| 噪声* \| *噪声	noise	噪聲


声称 shēngchēng	声称 \| 声称* \| *声称	to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert	聲稱


铃声 língshēng	铃声 \| 铃声* \| *铃声	ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation	鈴聲


声卡 shēngkǎ	声卡 \| 声卡* \| *声卡	sound card	聲卡


笑声 xiàoshēng	笑声 \| 笑声* \| *笑声	laughter	笑聲


骂声 màshēng	骂声 \| 骂声* \| *骂声	scolding / tongue-lashing / (fig.) angry criticism / opprobrium / CL: 片	罵聲


声望 shēngwàng	声望 \| 声望* \| *声望	popularity / prestige	聲望


鼾声 hānshēng	鼾声 \| 鼾声* \| *鼾声	sound of snoring	鼾聲


声乐 shēngyuè	声乐 \| 声乐* \| *声乐	vocal music	聲樂


呼声 hūshēng	呼声 \| 呼声* \| *呼声	a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group	呼聲


销声匿迹 xiāoshēngnìjì	销声匿迹 \| 销声匿迹* \| *销声匿迹	to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low	銷聲匿跡


叫声 jiàoshēng	叫声 \| 叫声* \| *叫声	yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)	叫聲


风声 fēngshēng	风声 \| 风声* \| *风声	sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation	風聲


去声 qùshēng	去声 \| 去声* \| *去声	falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin	去聲


声嘶力竭 shēngsīlìjié	声嘶力竭 \| 声嘶力竭* \| *声嘶力竭	to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)	聲嘶力竭


说唱 shuōchàng	说唱 \| 说唱* \| *说唱	speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞｜弹词 and 相聲｜相声 / (music) rapping	說唱


高声 gāoshēng	高声 \| 高声* \| *高声	aloud / loud / loudly	高聲


厉声 lìshēng	厉声 \| 厉声* \| *厉声	stern voice	厲聲


声闻 shēngwén	声闻 \| 声闻* \| *声闻	(Buddhism) disciple	聲聞


不露声色 bùlùshēngsè	不露声色 \| 不露声色* \| *不露声色	not show one's feeling or intentions	不露聲色


声学 shēngxué	声学 \| 声学* \| *声学	acoustics	聲學


声名 shēngmíng	声名 \| 声名* \| *声名	reputation / declaration	聲名


有声有色 yǒushēngyǒusè	有声有色 \| 有声有色* \| *有声有色	having sound and color (idiom); vivid / dazzling	有聲有色


异口同声 yìkǒutóngshēng	异口同声 \| 异口同声* \| *异口同声	different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)	異口同聲


失声 shīshēng	失声 \| 失声* \| *失声	to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily	失聲


声波 shēngbō	声波 \| 声波* \| *声波	sound wave	聲波


悄无声息 qiǎowúshēngxī	悄无声息 \| 悄无声息* \| *悄无声息	quietly / noiselessly	悄無聲息


枪声 qiāngshēng	枪声 \| 枪声* \| *枪声	crack / shooting sound / gunshot	槍聲


无声无息 wúshēngwúxī	无声无息 \| 无声无息* \| *无声无息	wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking / taciturn / not providing any news	無聲無息


大声疾呼 dàshēngjíhū	大声疾呼 \| 大声疾呼* \| *大声疾呼	to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention / to make one's views known	大聲疾呼


放声 fàngshēng	放声 \| 放声* \| *放声	very loudly / at the top of one's voice	放聲


声言 shēngyán	声言 \| 声言* \| *声言	to state / to declare / pronouncement / declaration	聲言


喊声 hǎnshēng	喊声 \| 喊声* \| *喊声	to yell / hubbub	喊聲


语声 yǔshēng	语声 \| 语声* \| *语声	spoken language / sound of speaking	語聲


吼声 hǒushēng	吼声 \| 吼声* \| *吼声	roar	吼聲


声像 shēngxiàng	声像 \| 声像* \| *声像	audio-visual / (ultrasonography etc) acoustic image	聲像


连声 liánshēng	连声 \| 连声* \| *连声	repeatedly (say something)	連聲


美声 měishēng	美声 \| 美声* \| *美声	bel canto	美聲


掷地有声 zhìdìyǒushēng	掷地有声 \| 掷地有声* \| *掷地有声	lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance	擲地有聲


形声 xíngshēng	形声 \| 形声* \| *形声	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	形聲


忍气吞声 rěnqìtūnshēng	忍气吞声 \| 忍气吞声* \| *忍气吞声	to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it	忍氣吞聲


齐声 qíshēng	齐声 \| 齐声* \| *齐声	all speaking together; in chorus	齊聲


绘声绘色 huìshēnghuìsè	绘声绘色 \| 绘声绘色* \| *绘声绘色	vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life / lively and realistic	繪聲繪色


声息 shēngxī	声息 \| 声息* \| *声息	sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper	聲息


声浪 shēnglàng	声浪 \| 声浪* \| *声浪	clamor	聲浪


细声细气 xìshēngxìqì	细声细气 \| 细声细气* \| *细声细气	in a fine voice (idiom); softly spoken	細聲細氣


人声鼎沸 rénshēngdǐngfèi	人声鼎沸 \| 人声鼎沸* \| *人声鼎沸	lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom) / hubbub / brouhaha	人聲鼎沸


默不作声 mòbùzuòshēng	默不作声 \| 默不作声* \| *默不作声	to keep silent	默不作聲


变声 biànshēng	变声 \| 变声* \| *变声	voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)	變聲


悄声 qiǎoshēng	悄声 \| 悄声* \| *悄声	quietly / in a low voice	悄聲


口口声声 kǒukoushēngshēng	口口声声 \| 口口声声* \| *口口声声	to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again	口口聲聲


声张 shēngzhāng	声张 \| 声张* \| *声张	to make public / to disclose	聲張


虚张声势 xūzhāngshēngshì	虚张声势 \| 虚张声势* \| *虚张声势	(false) bravado / to bluff	虛張聲勢


鼓声 gǔshēng	鼓声 \| 鼓声* \| *鼓声	sound of a drum / drumbeat	鼓聲


干笑 gānxiào	干笑 \| 干笑* \| *干笑	to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲｜声	乾笑


声情并茂 shēngqíngbìngmào	声情并茂 \| 声情并茂* \| *声情并茂	(of a singer etc) excellent in voice and expression (idiom)	聲情並茂


声讨 shēngtǎo	声讨 \| 声讨* \| *声讨	to denounce / to condemn	聲討


声部 shēngbù	声部 \| 声部* \| *声部	part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part	聲部


做声 zuòshēng	做声 \| 做声* \| *做声	to speak / to emit sound	做聲


吱声 zhīshēng	吱声 \| 吱声* \| *吱声	to utter a word / to make a sound / to cheep / to squeak / also pr. [zi1 sheng1]	吱聲


上声 shǎngshēng	上声 \| 上声* \| *上声	falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin	上聲


怨声载道 yuànshēngzàidào	怨声载道 \| 怨声载道* \| *怨声载道	lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced	怨聲載道


声名狼藉 shēngmínglángjí	声名狼藉 \| 声名狼藉* \| *声名狼藉	to have a bad reputation	聲名狼藉


先声夺人 xiānshēngduórén	先声夺人 \| 先声夺人* \| *先声夺人	to gain the upper hand by a show of strength	先聲奪人

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