鸣响

鳴響

míngxiǎng

verb #37,127

Meanings

1 to ring out
2 to sound
3 to resound

Characters

to cry / make a sound (of birds, bells)

to sound / ring

Examples

警报突然鸣响。

Jǐngbào tūrán míngxiǎng.

The alarm suddenly rang out.

钟声在山谷里鸣响。

Zhōng shēng zài shāngǔ lǐ míngxiǎng.

The bell resounded through the valley.

Tips

register

Slightly literary; in everyday speech you would say 响起来 (xiǎng qǐlai, "to start sounding") or 响 (xiǎng) alone. 鸣响 fits journalism, fiction, and formal descriptions of bells, sirens, gunshots.

Stroke Order

鸣 míng

响 xiǎng