聲: sound; voice

 

聲 [声] shēng

measure word
: sound; voice; tone; noise
: measure word for sounds
: reputation

Kun Reading

声 [聲] | こえ koe

noun
: voice

 Usage:

聲[声]音 sheng1yin1: voice; sound
[声音 | こわね kowane OR せいおん seion: vocal sound; tone of voice]

聲調 [声调] sheng1diao4: tone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable)

聲[声]明 sheng1ming2: to state; to declare; statement; declaration
[声明 | せいめい seimei: declaration; statement; proclamation]

[聲明 | しょうみょう shoumyou: sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies)
: (Buddhist term) chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese)]

聲勢 [声势] sheng1shi4: fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum

聲稱 [声称] sheng1cheng1: to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert

大聲[声] da4sheng1: loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly
[大声 | おおごえ ookoe: large voice]

掌聲[声] zhang3sheng1: applause

[拍手 | はくしゅ hakushu: clapping hands; applause]

名聲[声] ming2sheng1: reputation
[名声 | めいせい meisei: fame; reputation; renown]

呼聲[声] hu1sheng1: a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
[呼声 | こせい kosei OR よびごえ yobigoe: call; hail; yell]

吭聲[声] keng1sheng1: to utter a word

Japanese common word | expression | idiom
声を出す | こえをだす koe o dasu
: to speak; to say; to vocalize

声を呑む | こえをのむ koe o nomu
: to gulp in astonishment; to be taken aback speechless

声を殺す | こえをころす koe o korosu
: to muffle one’s voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly

声が嗄れる OR 声が枯れる | こえがかれる koe ga kareru
: to become hoarse

声を上げる | こえをあげる koe o ageru
: to raise one’s voice

大声出す | おおごえだす oogoe dasu
OR
大声を出す | おおごえをだす oogoe o dasu
: to raise one’s voice; to shout

声を掛ける | こえをかける koe o kakeru
: to greet; to call out to someone

声を立てる | こえをたてる koe o tateru
: to let out a cry; to shout

声を大にする | こえをだいにする koe o dai ni suru
: to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one’s voice; to lift one’s voice

声を詰まらせて | こえをつまらせて koe o tsumarasete
: in a choked voice

声を張り上げる | こえをはりあげる koe o hariageru
: to raise one’s voice; to shout

声涙倶に下る | せいるいともにくだる seirui tomo ni kudaru
: to speak through one’s tears; to speak with tears in one’s eyes

声を大にして言う | こえをだいにしていう koe o dai ni shite iu
: to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize

声はすれども姿は見えず | こえはすれどもすがたはみえず koe wa suredomo sugata wa miezu
: It’s audible but invisible

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | onomatopoeia
口口聲聲 [口口声声] kou3 kou5 sheng1 sheng1
: to keep on saying; to repeat over and over again

同聲一哭 [同声一哭] tong2 sheng1 yi1 ku1
: to share one’s feeling of grief with others

大放悲聲 [大放悲声] da4 fang4 bei1 sheng1
: great release of sorrow; to burst into tears

大聲疾呼 [大声疾呼] da4 sheng1 ji2 hu1
: to call loudly; to get people’s attention; to make one’s views known

忍氣吞聲 [忍气吞声] ren3 qi4 tun1 sheng1
: to submit to humiliation; to suffer in silence; to swallow one’s anger; to grin and bear it

唉聲嘆氣 [唉声叹气] ai1 sheng1 tan4 qi4
: sighing voice, wailing breath; to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair

有聲有色 [有声有色] you3 sheng1 you3 se4
: having sound and color; vivid; dazzling

繪聲繪色 [绘声绘色] hui4 sheng1 hui4 se4
: vivid and colorful; true to life; lively and realistic

怪聲怪氣 [怪声怪气] guai4 sheng1 guai4 qi4
: strange voice; affected manner of speaking

無聲無息 [无声无息] wu2 sheng1 wu2 xi1
: wordless and uncommunicative; without speaking; taciturn; not providing any news

異口同聲 [异口同声] yi4 kou3 tong2 sheng1
: different mouths, same voice; to speak in unison

怯聲怯氣 [怯声怯气] qie4 sheng1 qie4 qi4
: to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage

卡答聲，滴答聲 [卡答声，滴答声] ka3 da1 sheng1 , di1 da5 sheng1
: (onom.) clunk click; tick tock

聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音 [听话听声，锣鼓听音] ting1 hua4 ting1 sheng1 , luo2 gu3 ting1 yin1
: to understand the unspoken implications

雷聲大，雨點小 [雷声大，雨点小] lei2 sheng1 da4 , yu3 dian3 xiao3
: loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain; a lot of talk, but no action. Action speaks louder than words. His bite is worse than his bark