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voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *片* | 片* | *片
thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral : classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91
HSK 2
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  *響* | 響* | *響
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises
HSK 2
correct; sound; right; proper
HSK 2
safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace
HSK 2
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  *香* | 香* | *香
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:
HSK 3
to record (sound) / sound recording / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects
HSK 3
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message
HSK 4
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  *細* | 細* | *細
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal
HSK 4
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  *聲* | 聲* | *聲
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
to sound an alarm / to report sth to the police
HSK 5
robust / sound
HSK 5
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  *尖* | 尖* | *尖
pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop
HSK 6
to sleep soundly / to fall into a deep sleep
HSK 7-9
sweet-sounding / beautiful (of sound)
HSK 7-9
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
HSK 7-9
sound; acoustics; audio / hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响)
HSK 7-9
(a person's) constitution; underlying physical condition; physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness
HSK 7-9
steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth
HSK 7-9
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 輕脆|轻脆
HSK 7-9
implicit charm in rhyme or sound / hinted appeal / interest
HSK 7-9
oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled
HSK 7-9
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
having sound and color (idiom); vivid / dazzling
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
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *□* | □* | *□
(onom.) pew! (sound of a bullet fired from a gun) / also pr. [biu4]
sound of thunder
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  *音* | 音* | *音
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)
(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering
voice (as sth that may be described as husky 沙啞|沙哑 or deep 低沉 etc) / (physics) sound ray
safe and sound (idiom) / to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)
rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
speed of sound
sound of gunfire / fig. news of momentous events
to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound
sound wave
to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
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  *淺* | 淺* | *淺
sound of moving water
sound card
gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep
high-sounding / dignified / pompous (idiom)
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  *啦* | 啦* | *啦
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc / (phonetic) / (dialect) to chat
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  *嘚* | 嘚* | *嘚
(onom.) for the sound of horsehoofs
(phonetics) voiceless sound
sound effect
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  *鳴* | 鳴* | *鳴
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
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  *泙* | 泙* | *泙
sound of water splashing
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
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  *隆* | 隆* | *隆
sound of drums
(onom.) sound of panting
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  *魯* | 魯* | *魯
(bound form) crass / stupid / rude / (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
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  *迦* | 迦* | *迦
(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
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  *叮* | 叮* | *叮
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
sound / noise
to produce a sound; to vocalize / to give voice; to articulate views or demands
sound track / audio channel
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  *咳* | 咳* | *咳
sound of sighing / (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh / damn / wow
homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound)
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  *颯* | 颯* | *颯
sound of wind / valiant / melancholy
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  *嘶* | 嘶* | *嘶
hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
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  *潚* | 潚* | *潚
sound of rain and wind
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  *咕* | 咕* | *咕
(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
tone / sound quality / timbre
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  *哢* | 哢* | *哢
to sing or chirp (of birds) / music sound
calmly / without qualms / free from worry / safe and sound
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  *喇* | 喇* | *喇
(onom.) sound of wind, rain etc
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  *啞* | 啞* | *啞
(onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of
loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box
sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
(onom.) sound of a bell: ding-a-ling
boom (sound of explosion) / rumble
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  *礗* | 礗* | *礗
sound of crushed stone
to beat sb soundly
(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach) / to coo (of a dove) / rumbling / noisy drinking sound
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  *喀* | 喀* | *喀
(onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
sound of weeping
kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.)
(onom.) flopping sound
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘎* | 嘎* | *嘎
(onom.) short but loud sound
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  *嘎* | 嘎* | *嘎
cackling sound
deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched
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  *嘩* | 嘩* | *嘩
(onom.) bang / clang / sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water / (interjection expressing surprise) wow
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  *嘩* | 嘩* | *嘩
clamor / noise / (bound form) sound used to call cats
to sound a bell / to raise the alarm
(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward / (of a sound) to linger on
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗯* | 嗯* | *嗯
(a groaning sound)
to make a sound / to speak / to cry out
sound of crying
(onom.) sound of a crash / with a crash
sounds of nature
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  *嘓* | 嘓* | *嘓
sound of swallowing / croak

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