声音

Character by character

• 声shēng7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 聲sound, voice, noise; tone; music
• 音yīn9 strokesHSK 2sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 不要发出声音。

  Bù yào fā chū shēng yīn

  Don't make a noise.

  Listen

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 声音. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 声shēngHSK 5

  sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds

• 音乐yīn yuèHSK 2

  music

• 声明shēng míngHSK 3

  to state; to declare; statement; declaration

• 大声dà shēngHSK 2

  loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly

• 声称shēng chēngHSK 7

  to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert

• 掌声zhǎng shēngHSK 6

  applause

• 录音lù yīnHSK 3

  to record (sound); sound recording

• 语音yǔ yīnHSK 4

  speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message

• 歌声gē shēngHSK 3

  singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet

• 音乐会yīn yuè huìHSK 2

  concert

• 噪音zào yīnHSK 7

  rumble; noise; static (in a signal)

• 铃声líng shēngHSK 5

  ring; ringtone; bell stroke; tintinnabulation

• 笑声xiào shēngHSK 6

  laughter

• 小声xiǎo shēngHSK 2

  in a low voice; (speak) in whispers

• 名声míng shēngHSK 7

  reputation

• 音响yīn xiǎngHSK 7

  sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system; abbr. for 组合音响

• 心声xīn shēngHSK 7

  thoughts; feelings; aspirations; heartfelt wishes; inner voice

• 口音kǒu yinHSK 7

  voice; accent

• 收音机shōu yīn jīHSK 3

  radio

• 声誉shēng yùHSK 7

  reputation; fame

• 尾声wěi shēngHSK 7

  coda; epilogue; end

• 配音pèi yīnHSK 7

  dubbing (filmmaking)

• 声望shēng wàngHSK 7

  popularity; prestige

• 噪声zào shēngHSK 7

  noise