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哨声 (shào shēng) — whistling; the sound of a whistle

Definition

noun
whistlingthe sound of a whistle
Measure word · 声

Examples

  • 哨声，。
    shào shēng Yì xiǎng, bǐ sài jiù kāi shǐ le.
    As soon as the whistle sounds, the game begins.
  • 哨声。
    Wǒ tīng dào le yuǎn chù de shào shēng.
    I heard a whistle in the distance.
  • 哨声。
    Shēn yè de shào shēng bǎ tā chǎo xǐng le.
    The late-night whistle woke her up.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

哨shàowhistle
声shēngsound

哨 denotes a whistle and 声 denotes sound, giving the sound made by a whistle.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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.

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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