Chinese symbol for “sound”
声音
shēng yīn
Traditional: 聲音
sound; voice
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sound is 声音 (shēng yīn), defined as: sound; voice.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sound”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 声 (聲) | shēng | sound; voice |
| 音 | yīn | sound; noise |
| 音响 (音響) | yīn xiǎng | sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 组合音响 (zǔ hé yīn xiǎng)) |
| 声响 (聲響) | shēng xiǎng | sound; noise |
| 正确 (正確) | zhèng què | correct; sound; right; proper |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 声音.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 声明 (聲明) | shēng míng | to state; to declare |
| 声称 (聲稱) | shēng chēng | to claim; to state |
| 大声 (大聲) | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice |
| 一声 (一聲) | yī shēng | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) |
| 声援 (聲援) | shēng yuán | to support (a cause) |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 录音 (錄音) | lù yīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sound”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.