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voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly
HSK 2
to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL: 項|项,
HSK 3
singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
HSK 3
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  *声* | 声* | *声
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk
HSK 5
ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
HSK 5
noise
HSK 6
applause / CL: 陣|阵
HSK 6
laughter
HSK 6
heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
HSK 7-9
noise
HSK 7-9
popularity / prestige
HSK 7-9
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert
HSK 7-9
lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence
HSK 7-9
different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)
HSK 7-9
a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
HSK 7-9
coda / epilogue / end
HSK 7-9
having sound and color (idiom); vivid / dazzling
HSK 7-9
vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life / lively and realistic
HSK 7-9
to not say a word
HSK 7-9
reputation
HSK 7-9
reputation / fame
HSK 7-9
yes-man / opinionless person
malicious abuse / lewd song / evil reputation
sound card
voice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 "seiyū")
acoustics
sound track / audio channel
audio-visual / (ultrasonography etc) acoustic image
sound / noise
ultrasonic / ultrasound
vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
herald; precursor; harbinger
part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part
to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low
(idiom) wordless; silent; taciturn; without speaking
thunder
echo
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
disclaimer
very loudly / at the top of one's voice
all speaking together; in chorus
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
gramophone / phonograph
falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin
hissing sound / to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
repeatedly (say something)
sound dissipation / noise reduction
scolding / tongue-lashing / (fig.) angry criticism / opprobrium / CL:
roar
crack / shooting sound / gunshot
to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
to support (a cause)
to denounce; to condemn
aloud / loud / loudly
to keep silent
vocal music
lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
to make public / to disclose
to have a bad reputation
sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper
(Buddhism) disciple
the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component in )
sound of snoring
in a low voice / softly
to keep silent
to yell / hubbub
(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
not show one's feeling or intentions
quietly / in a low voice
quietly / noiselessly
loudhailer / megaphone / one who parrots sb / mouthpiece
to utter a word
reputation / declaration
stern voice
prestige / renown / influence
wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking / taciturn / not providing any news
to make a name / to become famous
to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
audio frequency
ululation / to howl
to keep totally silent / noiselessly
sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom) / to heave deep sighs / to sigh in despair
to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion
spoken language / sound of speaking
onomatopoeia
sound of weeping
entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention / to make one's views known
phonetic component of Chinese character

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