HSK 4 · Verbs

响 xiǎng “echo” in Chinese

Traditional 響

What 响 means

  1. echo
  2. sound
  3. noise
  4. to make a sound
  5. to ring

How to say 响

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale响xiǎng3rd tone, dipping

响 in a sentence

  1. 我的手机在响。

    Wǒ de shǒujī zài xiǎng.

    My mobile phone is ringing.

    Sentence #8932588 from Tatoeba

  2. “电话响了。”“我去接。”

    “Diànhuà xiǎng le.” “Wǒ qù jiē.”

    “The phone’s ringing.” “I’ll get it.”

    Sentence #334474 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 收音机的声音有点响。

    Shōuyīnjī de shēngyīn yǒudiǎn xiǎng.

    The radio is a bit loud.

    Sentence #785993 from Tatoeba

How 响 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 响 (xiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
响xiǎngecho
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 向towards · xiàngSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 向 (xiàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎng.

How to write 响

响 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 响

Words with 响

影响yǐngxiǎng · influence响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to响亮xiǎngliàng · loud and clear音响yīnxiǎng · audio system

More words: Common Verbs

无wú · not to have修理xiūlǐ · to repair吸引xīyǐn · to attract相反xiāngfǎn · opposite行xíng · OK醒xǐng · to wake up兴奋xīngfèn · excited演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)

FAQs

响 (xiǎng) means “echo” or “sound”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xiǎng: xiǎng with a 3rd 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, 响 is written 響. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 响 from the suggestions. Typing xiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
响 is an HSK 4 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.