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shēng

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shēng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shēng | sheng1
English translation
sound, noise; voice, tone, music

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About shēng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

shēng

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

ear

Etymology of shēng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

殸耳

Semantic compound

ěr

Phonetic compound

qìng

Explanation

Remmant of the character qìng (chime stones). Pictograph of a musical stone chime. Simplified form of shēng .

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Words with shēng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shēng sound shēng
声音 shēngyīn voice聲音
声明 shēngmíng to state聲明
大声 dà shēng loud voice大聲
声称 shēng chēng to claim聲稱
掌声 zhǎng shēng applause掌聲
歌声 gē shēng singing voice歌聲
名声 míng shēng reputation名聲
小声 xiǎo shēng in a low voice小聲
铃声 líng shēng ring鈴聲
笑声 xiào shēng laughter笑聲
心声 xīn shēng thoughts心聲
枪声 qiāng shēng crack槍聲
超声 chāo shēng ultrasonic超聲
低声 dī shēng softly低聲
声誉 shēngyù fame聲譽
叫声 jiào shēng barking叫聲
风声 fēng shēng rumor風聲
无声 wú shēng noiseless無聲
呼声 hū shēng a shout呼聲
噪声 zào shēng noise噪聲
相声 xiàngsheng sketch相聲
轻声 qīng shēng quietly輕聲
尾声 wěi shēng coda尾聲
声望 shēng wàng popularity聲望

shēng Decomposition & Compounds

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