声
shēng
sound
voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
a picture of 声 → sound and voice
The full character 声 is a simplified form of 聲, which combined a hand striking a stone chime with an ear listening. The simplified form retains 士 loosely, but the original meaning was about producing and hearing sound.
外面有很大的声音，把我吵醒了。
wài miàn yǒu hěn dà de shēng yīn，bǎ wǒ chǎo xǐng le。
There was a very loud sound outside that woke me up.
他突然大叫了一声，大家都回头看他。
tā tū rán dà jiào le yī shēng，dà jiā dōu huí tóu kàn tā。
He suddenly let out a loud shout, and everyone turned to look at him.
Words with 声
先声
xiān shēng
herald; precursor; harbinger
声部
shēng bù
part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part
声浪
shēng làng
clamor
异口同声
yì kǒu tóng shēng
different mouths, same voice
声张
shēng zhāng
to make public
立体声
lì tǐ shēng
stereophonic sound
超声波
chāo shēng bō
ultrasound (scan)
高声
gāo shēng
aloud
四声
sì shēng
the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声
原声带
yuán shēng dài
original soundtrack (OST); soundtrack
声线
shēng xiàn
voice (as sth that may be described as husky 沙啞|沙哑[sha1 ya3] or deep 低沉[di1 chen2] etc)
人声鼎沸
rén shēng dǐng fèi
lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)