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HSK
loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly
HSK 2
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
HSK 3
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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
applause / CL: 陣|阵
HSK 6
laughter
HSK 6
reputation
HSK 7-9
heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
HSK 7-9
noise
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
coda / epilogue / end
HSK 7-9
harmony (music)
ultrasonic / ultrasound
to produce a sound; to vocalize / to give voice; to articulate views or demands
sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation
bel canto
quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress
sound of a drum / drumbeat
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
herald; precursor; harbinger
thunder
echo
sound of weeping
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
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
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
repeatedly (say something)
sound dissipation / noise reduction
scolding / tongue-lashing / (fig.) angry criticism / opprobrium / CL:
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
aloud / loud / loudly
lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
sound of snoring
in a low voice / softly
to keep silent
an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot
to yell / hubbub
quietly / in a low voice
to speak / to emit sound
to utter a word
stern voice
to make a name / to become famous
ululation / to howl
to utter a word / to make a sound / to cheep / to squeak / also pr. [zi1 sheng1]
spoken language / sound of speaking
entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
cheers / cries of joy or approval
level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
to keep silent
loudly / in a loud voice
to swallow one's cries
falsetto (cf. 真聲|真声, natural or modal voice)
absolutely quiet
one's words reflect one's thinking (idiom)
entering tone (synonym of 入聲|入声)
oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
acoustic (musical instrument)
onomatopoeia
trill (of voice) / see also 顫聲|颤声
trembling voice / see also 顫聲|颤声
to transmit sound
wail / lament / voice of complaint
explosion / bang / sonic boom / engine knock
hum
The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)
the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑 / lascivious, decadent music
malicious abuse / lewd song / evil reputation
stereophonic sound
outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc)
third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone
the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in , which has signific and phonetic (also referred to as 形聲|形声) / (of words or characters) homophonous
sound of gong
noiseless / noiselessly / silent
the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
the medial (vowel or diphthong) of a Korean syllable
Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster
natural voice; modal voice (cf. 假聲|假声, falsetto)
(Cantonese) to stop talking; to shut up
(telephone) ring / ringing
Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician
comic monologue / one-person comic sketch
tick (tock)
fourth tone in Mandarin / falling tone

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