Meaning
to cry (of birds)
Chinese: 鸟兽或器物发声，也表示表达。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ming” becomes a different word in each tone. 鸣 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 共鸣gòng míng(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
- 鸣金míng jīnto beat a gong; to sound the retreat
- 争鸣zhēng míngto contend
- 鸣叫míng jiàoto emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
- 鸣号míng hàoto sound the horn; to honk
Example Sentence
清晨，林子里传来阵阵鸟鸣。Qīng chén, lín zi lǐ chuán lái zhèn zhèn niǎo míng.In the early morning, bird calls come from the woods.
清晨Qīng chénearly morning，林子lín ziwoods里lǐinside传来chuán lái(of a sound) to come throu阵zhèndisposition of troops阵zhèndisposition of troops鸟鸣niǎo míngbirdsong。