HSK 6 · Emotions

共鸣 gòngmíng “resonance” in Chinese

Traditional 共鳴

What 共鸣 means

  1. resonance
  2. sympathetic response
  3. (physics) to resonate

How to say 共鸣

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale共gòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale鸣míng2nd tone, rising

共鸣 in a sentence

  1. 这首歌引起了很多年轻人的共鸣。

    Zhè shǒu gē yǐnqǐ le hěn duō niánqīngrén de gòngmíng.

    This song struck a chord with many young people.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他的演讲让听众产生了共鸣。

    Tā de yǎnjiǎng ràng tīngzhòng chǎnshēng le gòngmíng.

    His speech resonated with the audience.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 共鸣 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 共 (gòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
共gòngcommon
  • 廾two hands · gǒng
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidTwo hands 廾 holding something up together: together, shared.

The character 鸣 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
鸣míngto cry
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 鸟bird · diǎo

How to write 共鸣

共 6 strokes · 鸣 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

共鸣 (gòngmíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 共鸣 (gòngmíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 共鸣

Words with 共

公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus一共yígòng · altogether共gòng · altogether共同gòngtóng · common总共zǒnggòng · altogether共计gòngjì · to total共和国gònghéguó · republic

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FAQs

共鸣 (gòngmíng) means “resonance” or “sympathetic response”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gòngmíng: gòng with a 4th tone, then míng with a 2nd 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, 共鸣 is written 共鳴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 共鸣 from the suggestions. Typing gongming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
共鸣 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.