| 拟音 | ni3 yin1 | to make a sound effect |
| 拼读 | pin1 du2 | phonetic reading |
| 敲响 | qiao1 xiang3 | to sound a bell |
| 柳琴 | liu3 qin2 | liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa çµç¶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin |
| 爆炸声 | bao4 zha4 sheng1 | explosion sound |
| 铿然 | keng1 ran2 | clanging |
| 亚声 | ya4 sheng1 | infrasound |
| 喇叭声 | la1 ba1 sheng1 | horn sound |
| 安然无恙 | an1 ran2 wu2 yang4 | safe and sound (idiom) |
| 录声磁基 | lu4 sheng1 ci2 ji1 | soundstripe |
| 音源 | yin1 yuan2 | sound source |
| 不吭不哈 | bu4 keng1 bu4 ha1 | soundless |
| 声槽 | sheng1 cao2 | sound track |