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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *平* | 平* | *平
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声
HSK 2
voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly
HSK 2
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL: 項|项,
HSK 3
singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *声* | 声* | *声
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk
HSK 5
ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
HSK 5
noise
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *入* | 入* | *入
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时) / abbr. for 入聲|入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese "iri")
HSK 6
applause / CL: 陣|阵
HSK 6
laughter
HSK 6
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
reputation
HSK 7-9
heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
HSK 7-9
noise
HSK 7-9
popularity / prestige
HSK 7-9
having sound and color (idiom); vivid / dazzling
HSK 7-9
to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert
HSK 7-9
lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence
HSK 7-9
different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)
HSK 7-9
a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
HSK 7-9
vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life / lively and realistic
HSK 7-9
coda / epilogue / end
HSK 7-9
reputation / fame
HSK 7-9
to not say a word
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *上* | 上* | *上
B-mode ultrasonography / prenatal ultrasound scan / abbr. for B型超聲|B型超声
yes-man / opinionless person
harmony (music)
ultrasonic / ultrasound
sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom) / to heave deep sighs / to sigh in despair
to produce a sound; to vocalize / to give voice; to articulate views or demands
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
sound card
voice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 "seiyū")
acoustics
sound track / audio channel
audio-visual / (ultrasonography etc) acoustic image
sound / noise
tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL: 個|个
sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation
sound wave
to keep silent
bel canto
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress
speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词 and 相聲|相声 / (music) rapping
lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced
vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack
sound of a drum / drumbeat
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
herald; precursor; harbinger
part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part
to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low
(idiom) wordless; silent; taciturn; without speaking
thunder
echo
sound of weeping
voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
sonar (loanword)
disclaimer
very loudly / at the top of one's voice
all speaking together; in chorus
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
gramophone / phonograph
falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin
hissing sound / to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin
clamor
repeatedly (say something)
sound dissipation / noise reduction
scolding / tongue-lashing / (fig.) angry criticism / opprobrium / CL:
prestige / renown / influence
roar
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it
crack / shooting sound / gunshot
to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
to support (a cause)
to denounce; to condemn
aloud / loud / loudly
vocal music
lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
to make public / to disclose
funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声) / to joke / to play the fool / to provoke laughter
to have a bad reputation
sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper
to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion
sound of snoring
in a low voice / softly
an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot
to yell / hubbub
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
not show one's feeling or intentions
quietly / in a low voice

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