回声 (huí shēng) — echo | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

echo

Examples

回声。
Shān gǔ lǐ chuán lái le huí shēng.
An echo came from the valley.
，回声。
Tā duì zhe shān dòng dà hǎn, tīng dào le zì jǐ de huí shēng.
He shouted into the cave and heard his own echo.
回声。
Zhè ge fáng jiān de huí shēng xiào guǒ fēi cháng hǎo.
The echo effect in this room is very good.

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.

回huíreturning

回 (returning) and 声 (sound) combine for a returning sound.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

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.

Appears in

Physics & Chemistry

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