Meaning of 响
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- echo
- sound
- noise
- to make a sound
- to sound
- to ring
- loud
- classifier for noises
How to use 响
响 is used as a verb for things that make a sound, like phones, bells and alarms, and as an adjective meaning loud. It often appears after a verb or with 很 to describe volume. Example: 电话响了。(Diànhuà xiǎng le.) The phone is ringing.
响 has the mouth 口 on the left and 向 (xiàng, toward) on the right. A sound from a mouth travels toward you, and 向 also hints at the pronunciation xiǎng.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 响 (xiǎng, sound) with 想 (xiǎng, to think) because they share the same pinyin and tone. Remember that 响 has the mouth 口 for sound, while 想 has the heart 心 for thinking. Some learners also write 向 alone and forget the 口 on the left.
响 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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响 xiǎng · echo · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 响.
| 影响 | yǐngxiǎng | influence; effect |
| 影响力 | yǐngxiǎnglì | influence; impact |
| 响声 | xiǎngshēng | noise |
| 反响 | fǎnxiǎng | repercussions; reaction |
| 响起 | xiǎngqǐ | (of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out |
| 响亮 | xiǎngliàng | loud and clear; resounding |
| 响应 | xiǎngyìng | to respond to; answer |
| 音响 | yīnxiǎng | sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3 he2 yi |
| 交响乐 | jiāoxiǎngyuè | symphony |
| 声响 | shēngxiǎng | sound; noise |
| 敲响 | qiāoxiǎng | to sound a bell; to raise the alarm |
| 回响 | huíxiǎng | to echo; to reverberate |
Questions about 响
What does 响 mean?
响 (xiǎng) means "echo; sound" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 响?
响 is made of 1 character: 响 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 响 an HSK word?
Yes. 响 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 响 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 响 is written 響.
How do I say a sound is too loud using 响?
You can say 太响了 (tài xiǎng le), meaning it is too loud. For example, 音乐太响了 (yīnyuè tài xiǎng le) means the music is too loud. 声音大 (shēngyīn dà) is another common way to say this.
Why does 影响 mean influence if 响 means sound?
影 is a shadow and 响 is an echo. A shadow follows a shape and an echo follows a sound, so together they describe an effect that follows from something. Today 影响 (yǐngxiǎng) is a very common word for influence or effect.