Meaning of 声音
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- sound; voice
How to use 声音
声音 covers both general sounds and human voices, and it is very common in daily speech. You often hear it with 大 or 小 to describe volume. Example: 你的声音很好听。(Nǐ de shēngyīn hěn hǎotīng.) Your voice sounds really nice.
Both halves mean sound: 声 (shēng) is the sound you hear, and 音 (yīn) is the same 音 found in 音乐 (yīnyuè), music. Put two sound words together and you get 声音, any sound or a person's voice.
Common mistake: Learners often say 声音很高 to mean the sound is loud, but 高 describes pitch. For loudness use 声音很大 (shēngyīn hěn dà) or 声音很小. Also keep the tones flat: shēng is first tone, and yīn is first tone too.
声音 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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声 shēng · sound · 7 strokes
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音 yīn · sound · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 声音.
| 音乐 | yīnyuè | music |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice |
| 音乐会 | yīnyuèhuì | concert |
| 小声 | xiǎo shēng | in a low voice; (speak) in whispers |
| 音节 | yīnjié | syllable |
| 读音 | dúyīn | pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 声明 | shēngmíng | to state; to declare |
| 录音 | lùyīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段[duan4]) |
| 收音机 | shōuyīnjī | radio |
| 歌声 | gēshēng | singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet |
| 语音 | yǔyīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 铃声 | língshēng | ring; ringtone |
Questions about 声音
What does 声音 mean?
声音 (shēngyīn) means "sound; voice" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 声音?
声音 is made of 2 characters: 声 (7 strokes), 音 (9 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 声音 an HSK word?
Yes. 声音 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 声音 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 声音 is written 聲音.
How do I say "turn the volume down" using 声音?
Say 把声音关小一点 (bǎ shēngyīn guān xiǎo yìdiǎn), which means turn the sound down a bit. To turn it up, use 开大一点 (kāi dà yìdiǎn) instead.
Is 声音 the same as 声 alone?
声 can mean sound, but it mostly appears inside fixed words like 大声 (dà shēng) and 小声 (xiǎo shēng). When sound or voice stands alone as a noun in a sentence, use 声音. For example, say 我听到一个声音, not 我听到一个声.