一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit / a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once / suddenly syn 声 聲 shēng sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds syn 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 语气 語氣 yǔ qì tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone syn 调头 調頭 diào tou tone (of voice) / tune syn 流露 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc syn 聋子 聾子 lóng zi deaf person 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 调子 調子 diào zi tune / melody / tuning / cadence / intonation / (speech) tone syn 腔调 腔調 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement syn 语调 語調 yǔ diào intonation / tone of voice / CL:個|个[ge4] 轻声 輕聲 qīng shēng quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress 口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face syn 声调 聲調 shēng diào tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn 色调 色調 sè diào hue / tone syn 音色 yīn sè tone / timbre / sound color syn 失聪 失聰 shī cōng to go deaf / to lose one's hearing / deafness / hearing loss syn 音质 音質 yīn zhì tone / sound quality / timbre syn 主音 zhǔ yīn keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel 充耳不闻 充耳不聞 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear syn 置若罔闻 置若罔聞 zhì ruò wǎng wén to turn a deaf ear to (idiom) / to pretend not to hear syn 松动 鬆動 sōng dòng loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded syn 短促 duǎn cù short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice) syn 聋哑人 聾啞人 lóng yǎ rén person who is deaf and nonverbal 耳聋 耳聾 ěr lóng deaf 聋哑 聾啞 lóng yǎ deaf and nonverbal 音高 yīn gāo pitch (music) / tone 装聋作哑 裝聾作啞 zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ to play deaf-mute 话音 話音 huà yīn one's speaking voice / tone / implication syn 变调 變調 biàn diào tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation syn 阳平 陽平 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua syn 一锤定音 一錘定音 yī chuí dìng yīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision syn 听而不闻 聽而不聞 tīng ér bù wén to hear but not react (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately syn 乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone syn 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 话茬 話茬 huà chá tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion 各执一词 各執一詞 gè zhí yī cí each sticks to his own version (idiom) / a dialogue of the deaf syn 振聋发聩 振聾發聵 zhèn lóng fā kuì lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom) / rousing even the apathetic syn 上声 上聲 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin syn 一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) 话锋 話鋒 huà fēng topic under discussion / direction or tone of the conversation syn 音韵 音韻 yīn yùn music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character / phoneme 韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 笔调 筆調 bǐ diào (of writing) tone / style syn 声气 聲氣 shēng qì voice / tone / information syn 平声 平聲 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin 纯音 純音 chún yīn pure tone 彩铃 彩鈴 cǎi líng (telephony) ringback tone 校风 校風 xiào fēng the tone of a school / campus atmosphere 调性 調性 diào xìng (music) tonality / (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style / image / tone / voice / character 去声 去聲 qù shēng falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin syn 入声 入聲 rù shēng entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese 阴平 陰平 yīn píng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 聋 聾 lóng deaf syn 挫 cuò obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen syn 嘞 lei sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval syn 吕 呂 lǚ pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system 升调 昇調 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone 聩 聵 kuì born deaf / deaf / obtuse syn 回铃音 回鈴音 huí líng yīn ringback tone 反切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone 基音 jī yīn fundamental tone 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 定调 定調 dìng diào to set the tone 各执己见 各執己見 gè zhí jǐ jiàn each sticks to his own view (idiom) / a dialogue of the deaf 对牛弹琴 對牛彈琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head syn 仄声 仄聲 zè shēng oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese) 押平声韵 押平聲韻 yā píng shēng yùn to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声) 按键音 按鍵音 àn jiàn yīn keypad tone / key tone 第一声 第一聲 dì yī shēng first tone in Mandarin / high, level tone syn 第三声 第三聲 dì sān shēng third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone syn 第二声 第二聲 dì èr shēng second tone in Mandarin / rising tone syn 第四声 第四聲 dì sì shēng fourth tone in Mandarin / falling tone syn 阴平声 陰平聲 yīn píng shēng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua 阳平声 陽平聲 yáng píng shēng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua 发聋振聩 發聾振聵 fā lóng zhèn kuì lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom) / rousing even the apathetic syn 眼瞎耳聋 眼瞎耳聾 yǎn xiā ěr lóng to be deaf and blind (idiom) 聋聩 聾聵 lóng kuì deaf / fig. stupid and ignorant 世界聋人大会 World Congress of the Deaf 聋人语文、文化、历史国际节和会议 聾人語文、文化、歷史國際節和會議 International Festival and Conference on the Language, Culture and History of Deaf People 世界聋人联合会 世界聾人聯合會 World Federation of the Deaf 聋盲者权利宣言 聾盲者權利宣言 Declaration on the Rights of Deaf-Blind Persons 国际聋哑人教育协会 國際聾啞人教育協會 International Association for the Education of Deaf-Blind 国际聋盲人通讯 國際聾盲人通訊 International Newsletter for the Deaf-Blind 海伦・凯勒 海倫・凱勒 hǎi lún · kǎi lē Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 听不进去 聽不進去 tīng bù jìn qu not to listen / to be deaf to 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 hǎi lún · kǎi lē Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 聋人 聾人 lóng rén deaf person / hearing-impaired person 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 hǎi lún · kǎi lè Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 百口莫辩 百口莫辯 bǎi kǒu - mò biàn (idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears / to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence 连续变调 連續變調 lián xù biàn diào tone sandhi 声调轮廓 聲調輪廓 shēng diào lún kuò tone contour 同调 同調 tóng diào same tone / in agreement with / homology (invariant of a topological space in math.) syn 二声 二聲 èr shēng second tone 促声 促聲 cù shēng entering tone (synonym of 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1]) 