失聲

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (失聲)		失	聲
simp. (失声)		失	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ seng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sit-siaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sig⁴ sian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihsheng
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: shr̄-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shysheng
    • Palladius: шишэн (šišɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 失聲／失声 師生／师生

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ seng¹
    • Yale: sāt sēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ seng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ séng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sit-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitsviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ siã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sig⁴ sian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sik siaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sik̚²⁻⁴ sĩã³³/

Verb

失聲

1. to ejaculate involuntarily; to burst out

   • 子春愛生於心，忽忘其約，不覺失聲云：「噫！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子春爱生于心，忽忘其约，不觉失声云：「噫！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 牛僧孺《玄怪錄》, 杜子春 [1]

     Zǐchūn ài shēng yú xīn, hūwàng qí yuē, bùjiào shīshēng yún: “Yī!” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to lose one's voice

Synonyms

• (to lose one's voice): 失音 (shīyīn)