号声 (hào shēng) — bugle call

Definition

noun
bugle call
Measure word · 阵

Examples

  • 号声。
    Qīng chén de hào shēng huàn xǐng le zhěng gè jūn yíng.
    The morning bugle call woke up the entire camp.
  • 号声，。
    Tīng dào hào shēng, shì bīng men lì kè jí hé.
    Upon hearing the bugle call, the soldiers immediately assembled.
  • 号声，。
    hào shēng Yì xiǎng, bǐ sài kāi shǐ le.
    As soon as the bugle call sounded, the competition began.

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.

号hàobugle
声shēngsound

号 gives bugle, and 声 gives sound.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 口口kǒumouth
  • 丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

Open 号 →

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.

Open 声 →

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