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喊叫声 (hǎn jiào shēng) — shout, yelling sound, cry

Definition

noun
shoutyelling soundcry
Measure word · 声

Examples

  • 喊叫声。
    Wǒ tīng dào wài miàn chuán lái yí zhèn hǎn jiào shēng.
    I heard a shout coming from outside.
  • 喊叫声。
    Rén qún zhōng tū rán xiǎng qǐ fèn nù de hǎn jiào shēng.
    An angry yell suddenly rose from the crowd.
  • 喊叫声。
    Yuǎn chù yǐn yuē chuán lái hái zi de hǎn jiào shēng.
    From afar, the faint sound of a child's cry came through.

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.

喊叫shout and call
喊hǎnshout叫jiàocall
联合Coordinate
声shēngsound

喊 and 叫 both mean to shout or cry, and the 声 is the sound made.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
咸
咸xián喊hǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

喊 puts 口 (mouth) beside 咸, showing a mouth action and using 咸 for the sound.

Open 喊 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū叫jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

叫 shows a mouth 口 and a sound part 丩. The mouth fits the old sense of shouting.

Open 叫 →

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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Communication & Speech

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