嗓 (sǎng): throat, voice
嗓 (sǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “throat.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 桑 (phonetic). It ranks #2411 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 嗓 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- throat
- voice
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 嗓
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗓音 | sǎng yīn | voice |
| 嗓门 | sǎng mén | voice |
| 嗓子眼 | sǎng zi yǎn | throat |
| 吊嗓子 | diào sǎng zi | voice training (for Chinese opera) |
| 嗓子眼儿 | sǎng zi yǎn r | erhua variant of 嗓子眼[sang3 zi5 yan3] |
| 清嗓子 | qīng sǎng zi | to clear one's throat |
| 嗓门眼 | sǎng mén yǎn | throat |
| 假嗓子 | jiǎ sǎng zi | falsetto (in opera) |
| 左嗓子 | zuǒ sǎng zi | off-key singing voice |
| 大嗓 | dà sǎng | loud voice |
| 小嗓 | xiǎo sǎng | falsetto (in Chinese opera) |
| 嗓眼 | sǎng yǎn | throat |
| 清嗓 | qīng sǎng | to clear one's throat |
| 扯嗓子 | chě sǎng zi | to raise one's voice |
| 倒嗓 | dǎo sǎng | (of a singer) to lose one's voice |
嗓 appears in 18 compound words: 39 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 28 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 嗓 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
感冒了，嗓子疼得厉害，说话都困难。
Gǎnmào le, sǎngzi téng de lìhai, shuōhuà dōu kùnnan.
I have a cold, and my throat hurts so much that it's difficult to speak.
...》拚了!彩排惨摔又失声 急吊点滴打3针救嗓
. . . 拚 le ! cǎi pái cǎn shuāi yòu shī shēng jí diào diǎn dī dǎ 3 zhēn jiù sǎng
...》Going all out! After a brutal fall during rehearsal and losing her voice, she was rushed to the hospital for an IV drip and three injections to save her voice.
我只是想要听听你的嗓音。
Wǒ zhǐshì xiǎngyào tīng tīng nǐ de sǎngyīn.
I just felt like hearing the sound of your voice.
她提高了她的嗓音。
Tā tígāo le tā de sǎngyīn.
She raised her voice.
你的嗓音对我来说就像是美人鱼的歌。
Nǐ de sǎngyīn duì wǒ lái shuō jiù xiàng shì měirényú de gē.
The sound of your voice is like a siren's song to me.
一根鱼刺卡在我嗓子里了。
Yī gēn yúcì kǎ zài wǒ sǎngzi lǐ le.
A fish bone has stuck in my throat.
他压低嗓门对她说：「我爱你。」
Tā yādī sǎngmén duì tā shuō:「 wǒ ài nǐ.」
He said to her under his breath, "I love you."
早上起来，嗓子变得很沙哑，我想是不是感冒了。
Zǎoshang qǐlai, sǎngzi biànde hěn shāyǎ, wǒ xiǎng shìbùshì gǎnmào le.
I've had a scratchy throat since this morning. I wonder if I've caught a cold.
这位歌手拥有一副好嗓子，但我认为他不会受到年轻人的喜爱。
Zhèwèi gēshǒu yōngyǒu yī fù hǎo sǎngzi, dàn wǒ rènwéi tā bù huì shòudào niánqīngrén de xǐ'ài.
The singer has a good opera voice, but I don't think he'll catch on with young people.
Character Family
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