Sentence #1411619 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 声音 is built
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声shēngsound
声 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 聲, which has an ear 耳 at the bottom: a sound, a voice.
音yīnsound
立stand · lì
日sun · rì
Memory aidOnce written as 言 “speech” with a mark in the mouth: a sound, a note.
How to write 声音
声 7 strokes · 音 9 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 声音 (shēngyīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
声音 (shēngyīn) means “sound” or “voice”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it shēngyīn: shēng with a 1st tone, then yīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 声音 is written 聲音. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 声音 from the suggestions. Typing shengyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
声音 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
声shēng1st tone, high and level
