Pinyin: xiǎng

to ring; to sound

Example sentence

电话响了,快接。

Diànhuà xiǎng le, kuài jiē.

The phone is ringing — answer it.

What 响 means

(xiǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “to ring; to sound”. It belongs to the Daily Actions topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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