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
咔哒声
kǎ da shēng
(onom.) clunk
次声波
cì shēng bō
infrasonic wave
连声
lián shēng
repeatedly (say something)
边声
biān shēng
outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc)
郑声
zhèng shēng
folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4]
采声
cǎi shēng
applause; cheering
铃声
líng shēng
ring
销声匿迹
xiāo shēng nì jì
to vanish without trace (idiom)
锣声
luó shēng
sound of gong
阴平声
yīn píng shēng
high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
阳平声
yáng píng shēng
evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
隆隆声
lóng lóng shēng
rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)