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xiǎng
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. echo
  2. 2. sound
  3. 3. noise
  4. 4. to make a sound
  5. 5. to sound
  6. 6. to ring
  7. 7. loud
  8. 8. classifier for noises

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 332972)

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Words Containing 响

响应号召
xiǎng yìng hào zhào

to answer a call to action

一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang

lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)

广泛影响
guǎng fàn yǐng xiǎng

wide ranging influence

弦外之响
xián wài zhī xiǎng

see 弦外之音[xián wài zhī yīn]

凡响
fán xiǎng

ordinary tones

环境影响
huán jìng yǐng xiǎng

environmental impact

未受影响
wèi shòu yǐng xiǎng

unaffected

响音
xiǎng yīn

sonorant

声响
shēng xiǎng

sound

响起
xiǎng qǐ

(of a sound) to come forth

响尾蛇
xiǎng wěi shé

rattlesnake

环境影响评估
huán jìng yǐng xiǎng píng gū

environmental impact assessment EIA

组合音响
zǔ hé yīn xiǎng

hi-fi system

一声不响
yī shēng bù xiǎng

to keep totally silent

交响乐队
jiāo xiǎng yuè duì

symphony orchestra

回响
huí xiǎng

to echo

响叮当
xiǎng dīng dāng

to tinkle

交响金属
jiāo xiǎng jīn shǔ

symphonic metal (pop music)

异响
yì xiǎng

unusual sound; strange noise

山响
shān xiǎng

very loud

音响效果
yīn xiǎng xiào guǒ

sound effects

响头
xiǎng tóu

to bump one's head

嗣响
sì xiǎng

lit. a following echo

余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng

reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

交响
jiāo xiǎng

symphony, symphonic

不声不响
bù shēng bù xiǎng

wordless and silent (idiom); without speaking

反响
fǎn xiǎng

repercussions

有影响
yǒu yǐng xiǎng

influential

闷声不响
mēn shēng bù xiǎng

to keep silent

交响乐团
jiāo xiǎng yuè tuán

symphony orchestra

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng

(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try

影响力
yǐng xiǎng lì

influence

非同凡响
fēi tóng fán xiǎng

out of the ordinary

袖珍音响
xiù zhēn yīn xiǎng

pocket stereo

音响设备
yīn xiǎng shè bèi

sound equipment

炮响
pào xiǎng

sound of gunfire

黄腰响蜜䴕
huáng yāo xiǎng mì liè

(bird species of China) yellow-rumped honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus)

不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng

lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding

一个巴掌拍不响
yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng

lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)

响水
xiǎng shuǐ

Xiangshui county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[yán chéng], Jiangsu

半响
bàn xiǎng

half the day

巨响
jù xiǎng

loud sound

音响
yīn xiǎng

sound

响动
xiǎng dòng

sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible)

敲响
qiāo xiǎng

to sound a bell

影响层面
yǐng xiǎng céng miàn

impact; effect

交响乐
jiāo xiǎng yuè

symphony

半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng

lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)

响屁
xiǎng pì

loud fart

交响曲
jiāo xiǎng qǔ

symphony

响遍
xiǎng biàn

to resound (all over the place)

叮当响
dīng dāng xiǎng

(onom.) ding dong

影响面
yǐng xiǎng miàn

reach of influence

震天价响
zhèn tiān ga xiǎng

an earth-shaking noise (idiom)

响板
xiǎng bǎn

castanets (music)

巨大影响
jù dà yǐng xiǎng

huge influence

响度
xiǎng dù

loudness

音响组合
yīn xiǎng zǔ hé

stereo system

响应时间
xiǎng yìng shí jiān

response time

打响名号
dǎ xiǎng míng hào

to become well-known

叫响
jiào xiǎng

to gain fame and success

响声
xiǎng shēng

noise

打响
dǎ xiǎng

to start shooting or firing

响亮
xiǎng liàng

loud and clear

恶劣影响
è liè yǐng xiǎng

evil influence

响水县
xiǎng shuǐ xiàn

Xiangshui county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[yán chéng], Jiangsu

响应
xiǎng yìng

to respond to

响彻
xiǎng chè

to resound

影响
yǐng xiǎng

influence

轰响
hōng xiǎng

loud sound, such as that of thunder or a bomb

嘟嘟响
dū dū xiǎng

(onom.) toot

响当当
xiǎng dāng dāng

resounding

震响
zhèn xiǎng

trembling sound

响雷
xiǎng léi

to be thundering

响器
xiǎng qì

percussion instrument