声 – vocab dash

声shēng

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Meanings

1. sound

2. voice

3. tone

4. noise

5. reputation

6. classifier for sounds

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Examples17

你nǐ至少zhìshǎo该gāi说shuō声shēng”谢谢xièxie“吧ba。

You might at least say "thank you."

他tā连lián一yī声shēng道歉dàoqiàn也yě没有méiyǒu对duì她tā说shuō。

He didn't even apologize to her.

你nǐ说话shuōhuà小xiǎo点diǎn声shēng。

Keep your voice down.

大dà点儿diǎnr声shēng。

Louder.

听tīng其qí声shēng而ér知zhī其qí鸟niǎo，闻wén其qí声shēng而ér知zhī其qí人rén。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.

这里zhèlǐ有点yǒudiǎn吵chǎo，请qǐng你nǐ讲话jiǎnghuà大dà点diǎn声shēng。

It's noisy around here, so speak a little louder.