响声 (xiǎng shēng) — noise, sound | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

响声 is the sound a thing makes — usually an unexpected or brief noise (a crash, a knock). Compare 声音 (any sound, including voices) and 噪声 (unwanted, disturbing noise).

noun

noisesound

Measure word · 个

Examples

响声。
Bàn yè lǐ tū rán chuán lái yí zhèn qí guài de xiǎng shēng.
A strange noise suddenly came in the middle of the night.
响声。
Zhè zhǒng xiǎng shēng ràng wǒ hěn bù ān.
This kind of noise makes me very uneasy.
响声，。
Tā tīng dào chuāng wài yǒu xiǎng shēng, jiù qǐ chuáng kàn le kàn.
He heard a noise outside the window, so he got up to take a look.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

响xiǎngsound

声shēngsound

响 and 声 both refer to sound, so together they mean a sound or noise.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 響; 响 is its simplified writing.

鄉音響

Meaning part形符xíngfú

音音yīnsound

Sound part声符shēngfú

鄉

鄉xiāng響xiǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 響 pairs 音, meaning sound, with 鄉 to give its pronunciation. The simplified 响 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical parts.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

殸耳聲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

耳耳ěrear

Sound part声符shēngfú

殸

殸qìng聲shēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

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