声
shēng HSK2

sound

声 (聲) shēng
classifier measure word
measure word for sounds, shouts, or bursts of noise

门外传出一声巨响。

mén wài chuán​chū yī shēng jù​xiǎng.

A loud noise came from outside the door.

sound noun
audible physical vibration or noise

深夜里，窗外传来了阵阵风声。

shēn​yè lǐ, chuāng wài chuán​lái le zhèn zhèn fēng shēng.

In the middle of the night, the sound of the wind came from outside the window.

tone measure word
the pitch or intonation of a syllable in speech

这个字在词典里注的是第一声。

zhè gè zì zài cí​diǎn lǐ zhù de shì dì​yī shēng.

This character is marked with the first tone in the dictionary.

voice noun
the sound produced by human speech or singing

说话声太小了，我听不见。

shuō​huà shēng tài xiǎo le, wǒ tīng bù jiàn.

The voice is too soft; I can't hear it.

reputation noun
fame or public standing

他在这一带很有名声。

tā zài zhè yī​dài hěn yǒu míng shēng.

He has a great reputation in this area.

Frequency
Character
Written text
195th most common 1065.0 per million
Movie subtitles
382nd most common 389.8 per million appears in 81% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
128.6 per million appears in 40% of films
Written text
268.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
聲
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+58F0

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)