鸣
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to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 鳥 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鳴
- Common rank
- #1,324
- Unicode
- U+9E23
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Formation & memory
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Words with 鸣
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大鸣大放运动 | see 百花運動|百花运动[Bai3 hua1 Yun4 dong4] | |
| 百花齐放，百家争鸣 | a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the class… | |
| 大鸣大放 | (idiom) to freely air one's views; to be heard far and wide; to attract a lot of attention | |
| 自鸣得意 | to think highly of oneself | |
| 气鸣乐器 | aerophone (music) | |
| 体鸣乐器 | idiophone | |
| 鸣不平 | to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness | |
| 鸣金收军 | see 鳴金收兵|鸣金收兵[ming2 jin1 shou1 bing1] | |
| 一鸣惊人 | to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity | |
| 鸣金收兵 | to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat | |
| 武鸣区 | Wuming, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 百家争鸣 | a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools … | |
| 不平则鸣 | where there is injustice, there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice | |
| 击鼓鸣金 | to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat; to egg p… | |
| 鸣金 | to beat a gong; to sound the retreat | |
| 打鸣 | (of a rooster) to crow | |
| 弦鸣乐器 | string instrument | |
| 自鸣钟 | chiming clock | |
| 鸣号 | to sound the horn; to honk | |
| 鸟鸣 | birdsong; warbling |