1. character serving as sound value of another character2. phonetic
claimant country (in a territorial dispute)
Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director
high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
(fig.) the situation is tense
(of singers etc) one answering the other
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
to share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)
simultaneous interpretation
(bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster
to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平声)
1. audiobook2. recording of a person reading the text of a book
终场锣声 終場鑼聲 zhōng chǎng luó shēng the final bell (esp. in sports competition)
sonic location system (esp. underwater sonar); acoustic positioning
tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
famous throughout the world
famous at home and abroad
compound word, such as 玫瑰[méi guī] or 咖啡[kā fēi], whose meaning is unrelated to the individual characters (Note: These characters are often not used independently in modern Chinese.)
modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale
1. (telephone) ring2. ringing
The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)
中国好声音 中國好聲音 zhōng guó hǎo shēng yīn The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
闷声发大财 悶聲發大財 mēn shēng fā dà cái to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
真声最高音 真聲最高音 zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn (music) the highest note one can sing in a natural (non-falsetto) voice
超声波检查 超聲波檢查 chāo shēng bō jiǎn chá 1. echography2. ultrasound scan
雷声大，雨点小 雷聲大，雨點小 léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo 1. lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom)2. fig. a lot of talk, but no action
听话听声，锣鼓听音 聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音 tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
(Tw) (coll.) to speak loudly and emotionally; to raise one's voice; to yell and shout
顶港有名声，下港上出名 頂港有名聲，下港上出名 dǐng gǎng yǒu míng shēng , xià gǎng shàng chū míng (Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)