声 (聲) shēng

1. shēng noun sound
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Barnes, 2007, p. 31; Guoyu '聲' n 1; Unihan '聲')
2. shēng measure word a measure word for sound (times)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '聲' n 6)
3. shēng foreign sheng
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
   Notes: Used for the sound in mantras and Sanskrit names
4. shēng noun voice
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 她低声的说 'She said in a low voice.' (Lao She 2003, p. 176; Barnes, 2007, p. 31; Unihan '聲')
5. shēng noun music
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '聲' n 2)
6. shēng noun language
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 语言 (Guoyu '聲' n 3)
7. shēng noun fame; reputation; honor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 名誉 (Guoyu '聲' n 4)
8. shēng noun a message
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 音信 (Guoyu '聲' n 5)
9. shēng measure word an utterance
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A unit to count speech utterances (Guoyu '聲' n 6)
10. shēng noun a consonant
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学 , Subdomain: Phonetics
    Notes: In the sense of 声母 (Guoyu '聲' n 7)
11. shēng noun a tone
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学 , Subdomain: Phonetics
    Notes: In the sense of 声调, the four tones in Putonghua (Guoyu '聲' n 8)
12. shēng verb to announce
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '聲' v)
13. shēng noun sound
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śabdaḥ, Japanese: sei, or: shou, Tibetan: sgra (BCSD '聲', p. 960; Edgerton 1953 'śabda', p. 523; Mahāvyutpatti 'śabdaḥ'; MW 'śabda'; SH '聲', p. 461; Unihan '聲')

Contained in

• 声闻藏(聲聞藏) Śrāvaka canon; Hīnayāna canon
• 声明(聲明) statement; declaration ; the science of language
• 声字义(聲字義) Shōji jissō gi; The Meanings of Sound, Word, and Reality
• 声论(聲論) Treatise on Sounds
• 八声(八聲) eight changes in sound
• 问一声您今哪里去 望三思何日君再来(問一聲您今哪裡去 望三思何日君再來) Upon the question, “where are you headed now?” Do think thrice about when your next return will be.
• 恒河之声(恆河之聲) Sounds of the Ganges River
• 化应声天(化應聲天) Paranirmita-Vasavartin Heaven
• 八转声(八轉聲) eightfold declension
• 声无常(聲無常) sound is impermanent
• 明咒吽声救度佛母(明咒吽聲救度佛母) Raganisudana Tara
• 五衰相现; 1. 衣服垢秽 2. 头上华萎 3. 腋下出汗 4. 身体臭秽 5. 不乐本座; 小五衰相; 1.乐声不起 2.身光忽灭 3.浴水着身 4.着境不舍 5. 眼目数瞬(五衰相現; 1. 衣服垢穢 2. 頭上華萎 3. 腋下出汗 4. 身體臭穢 5. 不樂本座; 小五衰相; 1.樂聲不起 2.身光忽滅 3.浴水著身 4.著境不捨 5. 眼目數瞬) Five Signs of Decay: 1. Clothes become filthy; 2. Garland atop the head fades; 3. The armpits become sweaty; 4. The body becomes foul-smelling; 5. The heavenly palace appears unpleasant; Five Minor Signs of Decay: 1. The music stops; 2. The body’s radiance fades; 3. Bathwater clings to the body; 4. Attachment to their surroundings; 5. The eyes start blinking
• 呼召声(呼召聲) vocative case

Also contained in

异口同声 、 声鹀 、 同声翻译 、 四声 、 不露声色 、 风声鹤唳 、 怨声 、 一递一声 、 吱吱声 、 唉声歎气 、 电话铃声 、 无声 、 声像 、 欢声 、 声频 、 七声音阶 、 真声最高音 、 大声疾呼 、 蜚声海外 、 一声 、 美声唱法 、 怯声怯气 、 铮铮有声 、 边声 、 失声 、 嘘声 、 声波 、 呼呼声 、 声威 、 不声不响 、 阳平声 、 声渐悄 、 上声 、 口口声声 、 单口相声 、 声门 、 轻声 、 颂声载道

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 83 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 404
• Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 382
• Scroll 41 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 325
• Scroll 97 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 296
• Scroll 31 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 286
• Scroll 80 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 272
• Scroll 78 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 266
• Scroll 15 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 265
• Scroll 32 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 262
• Scroll 99 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 259

Collocations

• 车声 (車聲) 車聲轟轟覺而不聞 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 17
• 耳声 (耳聲) 耳聲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 10
• 举声 (舉聲) 觀四方舉聲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 声摩 (聲摩) 詣聲摩王所 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 7
• 闻声 (聞聲) 王聞聲已 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
• 微声 (微聲) 而以微聲 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 象声 (象聲) 象聲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 舞声 (舞聲) 舞聲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 马声 (馬聲) 馬聲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 声入 (聲入) 聲入 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 4