聲 (sing1 seng1 | sheng1) : sound; voice; declare; fame

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聲

sing1 seng1

sheng1

[1] [n] sound; voice; noise
[2] [v] make a sound; declare; state
[3] [n] reputation; fame
[4] [n] tone; toneme | [synonym] 調
[5] [n] initial of a Chinese syllable

(Classifier(s): 把)

Jyutping sing1 is literary reading; seng1 is colloquial.

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 1

Radical: 耳 (#128)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

聲 / 声

This word has been viewed 22152 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jan 2014 13:18

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雷聲大,雨點小 leoi4 seng1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2 lei2 sheng1 da4 yu3 dian3 xiao3 = all talk, but no action

大聲 daai6 seng1 da4 sheng1 = loud

小聲 siu2 seng1 xiao3 sheng1 = soft (volume) 國

細聲 sai3 seng1 = soft (volume) 粵

出聲 ceot1 seng1 = to speak up; to speak out 粵

聲音 sing1 jam1 sheng1 yin1 = sound; noise; voice

鼻鼾聲 bei6 hon4 seng1 bi2 han1 sheng1 = snoring sound

噓聲 hoe1 seng1 xu1 sheng1 = booing

叫聲 giu3 seng1 = sound (made by a live animal)

掌聲 zoeng2 seng1 zhang3 sheng1 = applause
See all 181 compounds (CantoDict reports 184 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 19 examples containing 聲

嗰啲蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]!
[This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]

蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound cicadas [in general] make.
[Note that because we haven't specified any particular cicadas, we're talking about cicadas in general. (Use 呢啲 or 嗰啲 otherwise.)]

我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound cicadas make!
[Lit. I feel cicada [possessive particle] sound very good-sound [particle]!]

我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making!
[Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]

佢粒聲唔出走咗。粵
She went away without a word.
[In Cantonese, the adverb phrase (粒聲唔出) is placed before the verb (走). ]

他的名聲已經開始傳開傳了。國
His reputation has already begun to spread.

唔好笑得咁大聲啦！畀人歧視喇！
Don't laugh so loudly! We are being discriminated!

佢唔聲唔聲攞咗我枝筆。粵
He took my pen without me knowing.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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