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HSK
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly
HSK 2
singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *聲* | 聲* | *聲
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
HSK 5
comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk
HSK 5
laughter
HSK 6
applause / CL: 陣|阵
HSK 6
noise
HSK 6
coda / epilogue / end
HSK 7-9
noise
HSK 7-9
heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
HSK 7-9
reputation
HSK 7-9
a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
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
stereophonic sound
herald; precursor; harbinger
crack / shooting sound / gunshot
(telephone) ring / ringing
sound of gong
(of singers etc) one answering the other
rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
thunder
canned laughter; laugh track
absolutely quiet
Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster
voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it
to make a name / to become famous
stern voice
noiseless / noiselessly / silent
to produce a sound; to vocalize / to give voice; to articulate views or demands
third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone
in a low voice / softly
to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
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
acoustic (musical instrument)
in a whisper / in stealthy tones
sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation
an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot
sound of weeping
aloud / loud / loudly
to make a sound / to speak / to cry out
to yell / hubbub
to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
to utter a word
to keep silent
scolding / tongue-lashing / (fig.) angry criticism / opprobrium / CL:
to keep silent
sound of a drum / drumbeat
entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
to utter a word / to make a sound / to cheep / to squeak / also pr. [zi1 sheng1]
hum
lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
repeatedly (say something)
bel canto
falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin
sound of snoring
harmony (music)
roar
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
to speak / to emit sound
to transmit sound
sound dissipation / noise reduction
sound absorption
level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
cheers / cries of joy or approval
falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin
second tone in Mandarin / rising tone
loudly / in a loud voice
to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
ululation / to howl
falsetto (cf. 真聲|真声, natural or modal voice)
to swallow one's cries
oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
comic monologue / one-person comic sketch
trill (of voice) / see also 顫聲|颤声
trembling voice / see also 顫聲|颤声
hissing sound / to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
wail / lament / voice of complaint
folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑 / lascivious, decadent music
echo
(Cantonese) to stop talking; to shut up
(of people) to be of one voice (idiom) / unanimous
applause; cheering
comic crosstalk / formalized comic dialogue between two stand-up comics: funny man 逗哏 and straight man 捧哏
one's words reflect one's thinking (idiom)
(Tw) stereophonic sound
first tone in Mandarin / high, level tone
applause; cheering
entering tone (synonym of 入聲|入声)
modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale
hum / drone / buzz
Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
the medial (vowel or diphthong) of a Korean syllable
Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian

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