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應聲

简应声 · 繁應聲

Mandarin · pinyin yìng shēng

an answering voice
to answer a voice
to respond
to copy a voice
to parrot

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應: yīng · should, ought to, must
聲: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
应: yīng · should, ought to, must
声: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music

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4–1 · ying4 sheng1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jing3 sing1

Cantonese word readings for 應聲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to respond; to answer

verb

to utter a sound in response

adv

at the sound (of something)

adj

(Cantonese) with loud echoes

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