人声 (rén shēng) — human voice | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

human voice

Examples

，人声。
Yè shēn le, rén shēng jiàn jiàn xiāo shī le.
The night is deep, and the human voices gradually disappear.
，人声。
Zhè shǒu gē zhǐ yǒu yuè qì bàn zòu, méi yǒu rén shēng.
This song only has instrumental accompaniment, no human voice.
，。
Guǎng chǎng shàng rén shēng cáo zá, hěn nán tīng qīng.
The human voices in the square are noisy, making it hard to hear clearly.

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.

人 means human and 声 means sound, giving human voice.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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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