敲门声 (qiāo mén shēng) — sound of knocking on a door

Definition

Examples

• 突然传来一阵急促的敲门声。
  Tū rán chuán lái yí zhèn jí cù de qiāo mén shēng.
  Suddenly there came a series of urgent knocks on the door.
• 她听到敲门声，赶紧去开门。
  Tā tīng dào qiāo mén shēng, gǎn jǐn qù kāi mén.
  She heard the knocking and hurried to open the door.
• 半夜的敲门声把他吓醒了。
  Bàn yè de qiāo mén shēng bǎ tā xià xǐng le.
  The knocking in the middle of the night startled him awake.