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echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises
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How to pronounce 响

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ang3 final

In the anglepod’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

响 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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xiàng = xi + ang4
surname Xiang
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xiàng = xi + ang4
towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...
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to tend toward / to guide / variant of 向[xiang4]
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variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly
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Characters with 响 as component

响 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 响

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influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:股[gu3]
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off

Sentences with 响

响 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiǎng

echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises

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