Chinese Nonverbal Vocalization Database (CNVD)

CNVD (Chinese Nonverbal Vocalization Database) comprises recordings from 50 speakers portraying 32 nonverbal vocalizations at medium and high intensity levels. Emotions covered are Adoration (喜爱), Amusement (好笑), Anger (气愤), Awe (令人惊叹), Confusion (困惑), Contempt (轻蔑), Contentment (满足), Desire (欲望), Desire (For Food) (食欲), Desire (For Sex) (性欲), Disgust (厌恶), Physical Disgust (恶心), Distress (苦恼), Embarrassment (尴尬), Excitement (兴奋), Fear (恐惧), Interest (兴趣), Moved (感动), Physical Pain (痛苦), Praise (赞扬), Pride (自豪/骄傲), Realization (恍然大悟), Relief (解脱), Sadness (悲伤), Sajiao (撒娇), Shame (羞愧/内疚), Snicker (坏笑), Snigger (偷笑), Surprise (惊讶), Positive Surprise (惊喜), Sympathy (同情), and Triumph (胜利).

For each stimulus in CNVD, we provided detailed perceptual and acoustic descriptions for each stimulus, including recognition accuracy, perceived intensity, valence, arousal, as well as eGeMAPs acoustic feature values (Eyben et al., 2016). The database is available on OSF for research purposes only.