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): ㄕㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ seng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sit-siaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): sig⁴ sian¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄕㄥ
  - 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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    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

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]
  Love for the child made Du forget the pledge. He could not help but utter a cry of horror.
to cry so much that one loses one’s voice
to lose one's voice

Synonyms

(to lose one's voice): 失音 (shīyīn)