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sing1 seng1
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[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 Jyutping sing1 is literary reading; seng1 is colloquial.
Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 17
Level: 1
Radical: 耳 (#128)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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聲 / 声 | ||
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雷聲大,雨點小 leoi4 seng1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2 = all talk, but no action 大聲 daai6 seng1 = loud 小聲 siu2 seng1 = 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 = sound; noise; voice 鼻鼾聲 bei6 hon4 seng1 = snoring sound 噓聲 hoe1 seng1 = booing 叫聲 giu3 seng1 = sound (made by a live animal) 掌聲 zoeng2 seng1 = applause See all 181 compounds (CantoDict reports 184 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 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). ]
個老婆大人矋住佢,佢又點敢出聲吖 粵
How would he be so daring as to utter a word, under the staring eyes of his wife. Legend 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. |