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yīn

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Definitions

  1. 1. sound
  2. 2. noise
  3. 3. note (of musical scale)
  4. 4. tone
  5. 5. news
  6. 6. syllable
  7. 7. reading (phonetic value of a character)

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Words Containing 音

音长
yīn cháng

sound duration

卷舌元音
juǎn shé yuán yīn

retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

隔音
gé yīn

soundproofing

背景音乐
bèi jǐng yīn yuè

background music (BGM)

多音节词
duō yīn jié cí

polysyllabic word

平舌音
píng shé yīn

alveolar

古音
gǔ yīn

ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character

分音符
fēn yīn fú

dieresis

音变
yīn biàn

phonetic change

古典音乐
gǔ diǎn yīn yuè

classical music

抖音
dǒu yīn

Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok

音位
yīn wèi

phoneme

音步
yīn bù

foot (syllabic unit in verse)

盒式录音磁带
hé shì lù yīn cí dài

cassette tape

谐音
xié yīn

homonym

八分音符
bā fēn yīn fú

quaver

双音节
shuāng yīn jié

bisyllable

灭音器
miè yīn qì

muffler (of an internal combustion engine)

省音
shěng yīn

(linguistics) elision

碎音钹
suì yīn bó

crash cymbal (drum kit component)

定音
dìng yīn

to call the tune

噪音
zào yīn

rumble

翘舌音
qiào shé yīn

retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)

女高音
nǚ gāo yīn

soprano

八音盒
bā yīn hé

musical box

修音
xiū yīn

voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)

音乐会
yīn yuè huì

concert

中国好声音
zhōng guó hǎo shēng yīn

The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show

音效
yīn xiào

sound effect

音乐学院
yīn yuè xué yuàn

music academy

和音
hé yīn

harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)

国音
guó yīn

official state pronunciation

音标
yīn biāo

phonetic symbol

边音
biān yīn

lateral consonant (phonetics)

乡村音乐
xiāng cūn yīn yuè

country music (country & western music genre)

低音大号
dī yīn dà hào

bass tuba

收尾音
shōu wěi yīn

the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)

注音
zhù yīn

to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc

影音
yǐng yīn

recorded media (CD and DVD)

国际音标
guó jì yīn biāo

international phonetic alphabet

音像
yīn xiàng

audio and video

前鼻音
qián bí yīn

alveolar nasal

音意合译
yīn yì hé yì

formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋[bīng qí lín], 朗姆酒[lǎng mǔ jiǔ], 奶昔[nǎi xī] and 米老鼠[mǐ lǎo shǔ])

语音学
yǔ yīn xué

phonetics

译音
yì yīn

phonetic transcription

中间音
zhōng jiān yīn

(phonetics) medial

语音通讯通道
yǔ yīn tōng xùn tōng dào

voice (communications) channel

韩素音
hán sù yīn

Han Suyin (1917-2012), Eurasian physician and author

音名
yīn míng

names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)

清音
qīng yīn

(phonetics) voiceless sound

复合母音
fù hé mǔ yīn

diphthong

切音
qiè yīn

to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words

音韵
yīn yùn

music

音值
yīn zhí

phonetic value

多音
duō yīn

polyphony

通用拼音
tōng yòng pīn yīn

the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003

尾音
wěi yīn

final sound of a syllable

听话听声,锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn

to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)

观音菩萨
guān yīn pú sà

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)

音响效果
yīn xiǎng xiào guǒ

sound effects

奶音
nǎi yīn

child's voice

五音
wǔ yīn

five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la

连音符
lián yīn fú

tuplet (music)

弦外之音
xián wài zhī yīn

overtone (music)

语音识别
yǔ yīn shí bié

speech recognition

纯音
chún yīn

pure tone

路加福音
lù jiā fú yīn

Gospel according to St Luke

有气音
yǒu qì yīn

aspirated consonant (in phonetics)

音响设备
yīn xiǎng shè bèi

sound equipment

逆回音
nì huí yīn

inverted turn (ornament in music)

元音
yuán yīn

vowel

走音
zǒu yīn

(music) off-key; out of tune

音叉
yīn chā

tuning fork

梵汉对音
fàn hàn duì yīn

Sanskrit-Chinese transliteration

话音
huà yīn

one's speaking voice

声音
shēng yīn

voice

嗓音
sǎng yīn

voice

音频文件
yīn pín wén jiàn

audio file (computer)

观音乡
guān yīn xiāng

Guanyin or Kuanyin township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan

音速
yīn sù

speed of sound

超音波
chāo yīn bō

ultrasound

元音失读
yuán yīn shī dú

vowel devoicing

渺无音信
miǎo wú yīn xìn

to receive no news whatsoever about sb

多音字
duō yīn zì

character with two or more readings

心脏杂音
xīn zàng zá yīn

heart murmur

龈辅音
yín fǔ yīn

palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics)

邮政式拼音
yóu zhèng shì pīn yīn

Chinese postal romanization, developed in the early 1900s, used until the 1980s

音节
yīn jié

syllable

录音
lù yīn

to record (sound)

舌尖音
shé jiān yīn

apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)

现代音乐
xiàn dài yīn yuè

modern music

录音带
lù yīn dài

audio tape

乐音
yuè yīn

musical note

低音管
dī yīn guǎn

bassoon

响音
xiǎng yīn

sonorant

巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang

低音喇叭
dī yīn lǎ ba

woofer

实况录音
shí kuàng lù yīn

live recording

破音字
pò yīn zì

character with two or more readings

齿龈音
chǐ yín yīn

alveolar, apical, or supradental sound (linguistics)

切分音
qiē fēn yīn

syncopation

双元音
shuāng yuán yīn

diphthong

三音度
sān yīn dù

third (musical interval)

音集协
yīn jí xié

China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA)

音频
yīn pín

audio

轻音乐
qīng yīn yuè

light music

音质
yīn zhì

tone

舌尖颤音
shé jiān chàn yīn

alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)

滑音
huá yīn

glissando

娃娃音
wá wa yīn

childlike voice

定音鼓
dìng yīn gǔ

timpani

主音
zhǔ yīn

keynote

音量
yīn liàng

loudness

塞音
sè yīn

(linguistics) plosive; stop

复合元音
fù hé yuán yīn

diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)

今音
jīn yīn

modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character

全度音
quán dù yīn

whole tone (musical interval)

玛窦福音
mǎ dòu fú yīn

Gospel according to St Matthew

音视频
yīn shì pín

sound and video

靡靡之音
mǐ mǐ zhī yīn

decadent or obscene music

同音词
tóng yīn cí

homophone; homonym

二分音符
èr fēn yīn fú

minim (music)

拼音阶段
pīn yīn jiē duàn

alphabetic stage

民间音乐
mín jiān yīn yuè

folk music

音阶
yīn jiē

musical scale

音调
yīn diào

pitch of voice (high or low)

注音一式
zhù yīn yī shì

Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1

浊音
zhuó yīn

(phonetics) voiced sound

马可福音
mǎ kě fú yīn

Gospel according to St Mark

复音形
fù yīn xíng

diphthong

叠音钹
dié yīn bó

ride cymbal (drum kit component)

音响组合
yīn xiǎng zǔ hé

stereo system

真声最高音
zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn

highest true (non-falsetto) voice

音高
yīn gāo

pitch (music)

吞音
tūn yīn

(linguistics) elision

佳音
jiā yīn

good news

音痴
yīn chī

tone deaf

短时语音记忆
duǎn shí yǔ yīn jì yì

short-term phonological memory

先期录音
xiān qī lù yīn

prerecording

注音字母
zhù yīn zì mǔ

see 注音符號|注音符号[zhù yīn fú hào]

辅音
fǔ yīn

consonant

中央音乐学院
zhōng yāng yīn yuè xué yuàn

Central Conservatory of Music

单音节
dān yīn jié

monosyllabic

男中音
nán zhōng yīn

baritone

三音
sān yīn

third (musical interval, e.g. do-mi)

假高音
jiǎ gāo yīn

falsetto, same as 假聲|假声

首字母拚音词
shǒu zì mǔ pīn yīn cí

acronym

注音符号
zhù yīn fú hào

Mandarin phonetic symbols (MPS), phonetic alphabet for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan, also known colloquially as Bopomofo (after the first four letters of the alphabet:ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)

双唇音
shuāng chún yīn

bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)

拨号音
bō hào yīn

dial tone

首尾音
shǒu wěi yīn

onset and rime

谐音列
xié yīn liè

harmonic series

音乐电视
yīn yuè diàn shì

Music Television MTV

出神音乐
chū shén yīn yuè

trance (music genre)

鼻音
bí yīn

nasal sound

消音
xiāo yīn

to silence

男高音部
nán gāo yīn bù

tenor part

铁观音
tiě guān yīn

Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)

男高音
nán gāo yīn

tenor

正音
zhèng yīn

standard pronunciation

口音
kǒu yin

voice

发音体
fā yīn tǐ

sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc)

扩音器
kuò yīn qì

megaphone

可读音性
kě dú yīn xìng

pronounceability

空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn

the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)

杳无音信
yǎo wú yīn xìn

to have no news whatever

五音不全
wǔ yīn bù quán

tone deaf

高音
gāo yīn

high pitch

超音速
chāo yīn sù

supersonic

收音机
shōu yīn jī

radio

牙音
yá yīn

velar consonants of Middle Chinese

观世音菩萨
guān shì yīn pú sà

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)

本位音
běn wèi yīn

(music) natural note

约翰福音
yuē hàn fú yīn

Gospel according to St John

喉塞音
hóu sè yīn

glottal stop

威氏注音法
wēi shì zhù yīn fǎ

Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese

忙音
máng yīn

busy signal (telephony)

玉音
yù yīn

(deferential) your letter

拾音器
shí yīn qì

pickup (electro-acoustic transducer)

浊辅音
zhuó fǔ yīn

voiced consonant (linguistics)

美国之音
měi guó zhī yīn

Voice of America (VOA)

音箱
yīn xiāng

loudspeaker box

龈颚音
yín è yīn

prepalatal sound (linguistics)

噪音盒
zào yīn hé

boombox

七声音阶
qī shēng yīn jiē

heptatonic scale

音拴
yīn shuān

organ stop (button activating a row of pipes)

音义
yīn yì

sound and meaning

组合音响
zǔ hé yīn xiǎng

hi-fi system

知音
zhī yīn

intimate friend

软龈音
ruǎn yín yīn

velar sound (linguistics)

音符
yīn fú

phonetic symbol

舒适音
shū shì yīn

comfortable voice (well within one's range of pitch)

发音器官
fā yīn qì guān

vocal organs

颤音
chàn yīn

vibrato (of stringed instrument)

根音
gēn yīn

root of chord

音域
yīn yù

vocal range

齿唇音
chǐ chún yīn

see 唇齒音|唇齿音[chún chǐ yīn]

低音炮
dī yīn pào

subwoofer

三元音
sān yuán yīn

triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)

吸音
xī yīn

sound-absorbing

首音
shǒu yīn

onset (linguistics)

标音法
biāo yīn fǎ

phonetic transcription

杂音
zá yīn

noise

余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng

reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

放音
fàng yīn

playback (of recorded sound)

高音喇叭
gāo yīn lǎ ba

tweeter

若望福音
ruò wàng fú yīn

Gospel according to St John

基音
jī yīn

fundamental tone

复音词
fù yīn cí

disyllabic word

浊塞音
zhuó sè yīn

(linguistics) voiced stop

母音
mǔ yīn

vowel

重音
zhòng yīn

accent (of a word)

爵士音乐
jué shì yīn yuè

jazz (loanword)

马太福音
mǎ tài fú yīn

Gospel according to St Matthew

土音
tǔ yīn

local accent

回音
huí yīn

echo

语音信箱
yǔ yīn xìn xiāng

voice mailbox

语音
yǔ yīn

speech sounds

音节体
yīn jié tǐ

syllabic script

音程
yīn chéng

interval (music)

波音
bō yīn

Boeing (aerospace company)

拟音
nǐ yīn

to make a sound effect

扩音机
kuò yīn jī

amplifier

音韵学
yīn yùn xué

Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)

国语注音符号第一式
guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì

Bopomofo

变化音
biàn huà yīn

(music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)

号音
hào yīn

bugle call

音爆
yīn bào

sonic boom

音乐厅
yīn yuè tīng

concert hall

音乐院
yīn yuè yuàn

conservatory

训民正音
xùn mín zhèng yīn

Korean text HunMin JongUm promulgated by Sejong Daewang in 1418 to introduce hangeul

重音节
zhòng yīn jié

accented syllable

读音错误
dú yīn cuò wù

mistake of pronunciation

低音
dī yīn

bass

北京音
běi jīng yīn

Beijing pronunciation

龈腭音
yín è yīn

alveo-palatal sound (linguistics)

五音度
wǔ yīn dù

fifth (musical interval)

调音
tiáo yīn

to tune (a musical instrument)

子音
zǐ yīn

consonant

录音机
lù yīn jī

(tape) recording machine

音频设备
yīn pín shè bèi

sound card

音信
yīn xìn

message

四分音符
sì fēn yīn fú

crotchet (music)

八音
bā yīn

ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)

儿化音
ér huà yīn

(Chinese phonetics) erhua (the sound of the r-coloring of a syllable final)

舞台音乐
wǔ tái yīn yuè

musical theater

男低音
nán dī yīn

(music) bass voice

串音
chuàn yīn

crosstalk

袖珍音响
xiù zhēn yīn xiǎng

pocket stereo

电音
diàn yīn

electronic music (genre)

胸音
xiōng yīn

chest voice

标准音
biāo zhǔn yīn

standard pronunciation

流行音乐
liú xíng yīn yuè

pop music

补足音程
bǔ zú yīn chéng

complementary interval

强音踏板
qiáng yīn tà bǎn

loud pedal (on piano)

单音词
dān yīn cí

monosyllabic word

低音提琴
dī yīn tí qín

double bass

震音
zhèn yīn

tremolo

字音
zì yīn

phonetic value of a character

华纳音乐集团
huá nà yīn yuè jí tuán

Warner Music Group

琶音
pá yīn

(music) arpeggio

拼音字母
pīn yīn zì mǔ

phonetic letters

万国音标
wàn guó yīn biāo

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

母音调和
mǔ yīn tiáo hé

vowel harmony (in phonetics)

多音多义字
duō yīn duō yì zì

character having several readings and meanings

按键音
àn jiàn yīn

keypad tone

假音
jiǎ yīn

falsetto, same as 假聲|假声

龈音
yín yīn

alveolar sound (linguistics)

舌音
shé yīn

coronal consonants of Middle Chinese

音视
yīn shì

sound and video

唇齿音
chún chǐ yīn

labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)

同音
tóng yīn

(music) unison

环球音乐集团
huán qiú yīn yuè jí tuán

Universal Music Group

音律
yīn lǜ

tuning; temperament

唇音
chún yīn

labial consonant

高音部
gāo yīn bù

upper register

爆音
bào yīn

sonic boom

福音书
fú yīn shū

gospel

延音线
yán yīn xiàn

tie (music)

饶舌音乐
ráo shé yīn yuè

rap music

表音
biǎo yīn

phonetic

音乐学
yīn yuè xué

musicology

符类福音
fú lèi fú yīn

synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology)

混音
hùn yīn

(audio) mixing

喉音
hóu yīn

guttural sound

配音
pèi yīn

dubbing (filmmaking)

拼音文字
pīn yīn wén zì

phonetic alphabet

喉擦音
hóu cā yīn

guttural fricative

半音
bàn yīn

semitone

口音
kǒu yīn

oral speech sounds (linguistics)

泛音
fàn yīn

overtone

播音员
bō yīn yuán

announcer

画外音
huà wài yīn

voice-over

播音
bō yīn

to transmit

半音程
bàn yīn chéng

semitone

语音指令
yǔ yīn zhǐ lìng

speech command (for computer speech recognition)

音素
yīn sù

phoneme

连音
lián yīn

tuplet (music)

乡音
xiāng yīn

local accent

擦音
cā yīn

fricative

弱音踏板
ruò yīn tà bǎn

soft pedal (on piano)

塞擦音
sè cā yīn

affricate (phonetics)

音容
yīn róng

voice and features

龈擦音
yín cā yīn

alveolar fricative (linguistics)

音乐之声
yīn yuè zhī shēng

The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)

发音
fā yīn

to pronounce

静音
jìng yīn

quiet

粤语拼音
yuè yǔ pīn yīn

Cantonese romanization

颚龈音
è yín yīn

prepalatal or palatal sound (linguistics)

后鼻音
hòu bí yīn

velar nasal

扩音
kuò yīn

to amplify (sound)

闭元音
bì yuán yīn

close vowel

回铃音
huí líng yīn

ringback tone

威玛拼音
wēi mǎ pīn yīn

Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

属音
shǔ yīn

dominant (music)

舌尖后音
shé jiān hòu yīn

retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)

巴音布克草原
bā yīn bù kè cǎo yuán

Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains

软腭音
ruǎn è yīn

(linguistics) velar consonant

语音技巧
yǔ yīn jì qiǎo

phonological skill

音色
yīn sè

tone

音乐家
yīn yuè jiā

musician

亚音节单位
yà yīn jié dān wèi

subsyllabic unit

齿音
chǐ yīn

dental consonant

全音
quán yīn

whole tone (musical interval)

元音和谐
yuán yīn hé xié

vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)

非音
fēi yīn

(ling) unstressed (syllable)

音乐
yīn yuè

music

音波
yīn bō

sound wave

印度音乐
yìn dù yīn yuè

Bhangra, Indian music (music genre)

网络语音
wǎng luò yǔ yīn

VoIP (Voice over IP) (computing)

上海音乐学院
shàng hǎi yīn yuè xué yuàn

Shanghai Conservatory of Music

摩擦音
mó cā yīn

fricative (phonetics)

最高音
zuì gāo yīn

highest voice

余音
yú yīn

lingering sound

观音
guān yīn

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)

同音字
tóng yīn zì

Chinese character that is pronounced the same (as another character)

消音器
xiāo yīn qì

silencer

五声音阶
wǔ shēng yīn jiē

pentatonic scale

变音记号
biàn yīn jì hao

(music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc)

合成语音
hé chéng yǔ yīn

assembled phonology

音乐节
yīn yuè jié

music festival

注音法
zhù yīn fǎ

phonetic transcription

语音意识
yǔ yīn yì shí

phonetic awareness

低音大提琴
dī yīn dà tí qín

double bass; contrabass

一锤定音
yī chuí dìng yīn

lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow

音管
yīn guǎn

pipe (of an organ)

观世音
guān shì yīn

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)

音耗
yīn hào

message

威妥玛拼音
wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn

Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

收音
shōu yīn

to receive a radio signal

读音
dú yīn

pronunciation

语音失语症
yǔ yīn shī yǔ zhèng

phonetic aphasia

语音合成
yǔ yīn hé chéng

speech synthesis

音响
yīn xiǎng

sound

拼音
pīn yīn

phonetic writing

心音
xīn yīn

sound of the heart

最低音
zuì dī yīn

lowest voice

音轨
yīn guǐ

sound track

音译
yīn yì

transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters)

心杂音
xīn zá yīn

see 心臟雜音|心脏杂音[xīn zàng zá yīn]

提示音
tí shì yīn

beep

福音
fú yīn

good news

音级
yīn jí

a note on a musical scale

闭音节
bì yīn jié

closed syllable

二重母音
èr chóng mǔ yīn

diphthong

音读
yīn dú

reading or phonetic value of a character

语音信号
yǔ yīn xìn hào

voice signal

音乐光碟
yīn yuè guāng dié

music CD

巴音满都呼
bā yīn mǎn dū hū

Bayan Mandahu, village in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia, noted for Cretaceous dinosaur fossils

音讯
yīn xùn

letters

舌尖前音
shé jiān qián yīn

alveolar

合音
hé yīn

backup vocal (music)

音带
yīn dài

audio tape