听上去

聽上去
tīngshàngqu
  1. to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc)
  2. to seem

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Entry Composition

1 听 tīng
  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)
2 上去 shàngqù to go up

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测深 cèshēn to sound (sea depth)
听来 tīnglái
  1. to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc)
  2. to ring (true)
  3. to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression)
  4. to hear from somewhere
这名字听来耳熟。

The name rang a bell in me.

Source: Tatoeba

响起 xiǎngqǐ
  1. (of a sound) to come forth
  2. (of a sound source) to ring out
  3. to sound
  4. to go off
電話響起時，他跑去接起。

When the phone rang, he ran to answer it.

Source: Tatoeba

鸣叫 míngjiào
  1. to emit a sound
  2. (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc
  3. (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
响 xiǎng
  1. echo
  2. sound
  3. noise
  4. to make a sound
  5. to sound
  6. to ring
  7. loud
  8. classifier for noises
响了。

It rang.

Source: Tatoeba

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