鐘聲

Chinese

		clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (鐘聲/鍾聲)		鐘/鍾	聲
simp. (钟声)		钟	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ seng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-sâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-siaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ sian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: jūng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongsheng
    • Palladius: чжуншэн (čžunšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ seng¹
    • Yale: jūng sēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ seng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ séng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ sang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsviaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ sian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng siaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ sĩã³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowng syeng

Rime
Character	鐘	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職容切	書盈切
Baxter	tsyowng	syeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoŋ/	/ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/ɕiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/ɕiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawŋ/	/ɕiajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/ɕiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/	/ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/	/ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	shēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	sing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*toŋ  [l̥]eŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoŋ  qʰjeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鐘	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	shēng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyowng ›	‹ syeng ›
Old Chinese	/*toŋ/	/*[l̥]eŋ/
English	bell	sound (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鐘	鐘	聲
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	17465	17467	10514
Phonetic component	重	重	殸
Rime group	東	東	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鍾	鍾	聲
Old Chinese	/*tjoŋ/	/*tjoŋ/	/*qʰjeŋ/

Noun

鐘聲

1. sound of a (large) bell