声 (shēng): meaning and stroke order
声 (shēng) means sound, voice, tone, noise, reputation, classifier for sounds.
声
- Simplified
- 声
- Traditional
- 聲
- Pinyin
- shēng
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Stroke order of 声
声
- shēng sound; voice
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 聲
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Meaning of 声
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shēng
Traditional 聲
- sound
- voice
- tone
- noise
- reputation
- classifier for sounds
Radical and structure
- 声
- Radical 士 (Kangxi radical 33) · 7 strokes · 士 on top, 𠃜 below
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Words with 声
- 名声 míng shēng reputation
- 大声 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice
- 小声 xiǎo shēng in a low voice; (speak) in whispers
- 声音 shēng yīn voice; sound
- 雷声 léi shēng thunder
- 鼓声 gǔ shēng sound of a drum; drumbeat
- 掌声 zhǎng shēng applause; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- 哭声 kū shēng sound of weeping
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
- 声调 shēng diào tone; note
声 in our stories
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第二天晚上，声音又来了，还有很小的“喵喵”声。
dì-èr tiān wǎnshang shēngyīn yòu lái le háiyǒu hěn xiǎo de miāomiāo shēng
The next night the sound comes again, with a tiny "miaow".
From the story The noise upstairs HSK 3
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十二点一到，楼上果然传来了钢琴声，弹得很美，也有点儿伤心。
shí'èr diǎn yí dào lóushàng guǒrán chuánlái le gāngqín shēng tán de hěn měi yě yǒudiǎnr shāngxīn
As soon as it struck twelve, piano music did come from upstairs: beautiful, and a little sad.
From the story The piano at midnight HSK 4
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只听“轰”的一声，华山被劈成了两半，三圣母终于走了出来。
zhǐ tīng hōng de yì shēng Huà Shān bèi pī chéng le liǎng bàn Sānshèngmǔ zhōngyú zǒu le chūlai
With a great crash the mountain split in two, and Sanshengmu was free at last.
From the story Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
Stories using 声
- The noise upstairs HSK 3
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
- The dry floor HSK 6
- Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).