声 shēng in a sentence
Sound (voice - tone - measure word for sounds)
声 (shēng) means Sound (voice - tone - measure word for sounds). Below are 24 of the 77 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
雷 声 吓醒了孩子。
Léi shēng xià xǐng le háizi.
The thunder startled the child awake.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 雷
远处飘扬着歌 声 。
Yuǎnchù piāoyángzhe gēshēng.
Singing drifted from far away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 飘扬
裁判吹了一 声 哨。
Cáipàn chuī le yì shēng shào.
The referee blew his whistle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哨
房间里充满了笑 声 。
Fángjiān lǐ chōngmǎn le xiào shēng.
The room was filled with laughter.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 充满
他的 声 音很有魅力。
Tā de shēngyīn hěn yǒu mèilì.
His voice is very appealing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 魅力
外面有闪电和雷 声 。
Wàimiàn yǒu shǎndiàn hé léi shēng.
There is lightning and thunder outside.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 闪电
他的笑 声 十分豪迈。
Tā de xiàoshēng shífēn háomài.
His laugh is thoroughly hearty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 豪迈
这次活动 声 势很大。
Zhè cì huódòng shēngshì hěn dà.
This event was staged with great fanfare.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 声势
他从小就爱听相 声 。
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù ài tīng xiàngsheng.
He has loved listening to crosstalk since childhood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 相声
远处隐约传来歌 声 。
Yuǎnchù yǐnyuē chuánlái gēshēng.
Singing came faintly from far away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐约
早上能听见鸟的 声 音。
Zǎoshang néng tīngjiàn niǎo de shēngyīn.
In the morning you can hear birdsong.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 鸟
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From the graded readers
那个 声 音又重又慢，像有人在搬东西。
nèigè shēngyīn yòu zhòng / chóng yòu màn, xiàng yǒurén zài bān dōngxī.
It was heavy and slow, like someone moving furniture.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
原来那个 声 音不是搬东西，是他的拐杖。
yuánlái nèigè shēngyīn búshì bān dōngxī, shì tāde guǎi zhàng.
So the noise wasn't furniture at all — it was his walking stick.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
每天晚上十一点左右，楼上都会有很大的 声 音。
měitiān wǎnshang shíyī diǎn zuǒyòu, lóushang dōu huì yǒu hěndà de / dì shēngyīn.
Every night at around eleven there was a loud noise from upstairs.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
声 appears in 77 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 声
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 声
How is 声 used in a sentence?
This page shows 77 sentences using 声 (shēng, "Sound (voice - tone - measure word for sounds)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 声 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 声 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 声?
The dictionary page for 声 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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