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

口音
kǒu yīn

oral speech sounds (linguistics)

口音
kǒu yin

voice

噪音
zào yīn

rumble

收音机
shōu yīn jī

radio

声音
shēng yīn

voice

语音
yǔ yīn

speech sounds

读音
dú yīn

pronunciation

配音
pèi yīn

dubbing (filmmaking)

录音
lù yīn

to record (sound)

录音机
lù yīn jī

(tape) recording machine

音像
yīn xiàng

audio and video

音乐
yīn yuè

music

音乐会
yīn yuè huì

concert

音节
yīn jié

syllable

音量
yīn liàng

loudness

音响
yīn xiǎng

sound

一锤定音
yī chuí dìng yīn

lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow

七声音阶
qī shēng yīn jiē

heptatonic scale

三元音
sān yuán yīn

triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)

三音度
sān yīn dù

third (musical interval)

三音
sān yīn

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

上海音乐学院
shàng hǎi yīn yuè xué yuàn

Shanghai Conservatory of Music

中国好声音
zhōng guó hǎo shēng yīn

The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show

中央音乐学院
zhōng yāng yīn yuè xué yuàn

Central Conservatory of Music

中间音
zhōng jiān yīn

(phonetics) medial

串音
chuàn yīn

crosstalk

主音
zhǔ yīn

keynote

二分音符
èr fēn yīn fú

minim (music)

二重母音
èr chóng mǔ yīn

diphthong

五声音阶
wǔ shēng yīn jiē

pentatonic scale

五音
wǔ yīn

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

五音不全
wǔ yīn bù quán

tone deaf

五音度
wǔ yīn dù

fifth (musical interval)

亚音节单位
yà yīn jié dān wèi

subsyllabic unit

今音
jīn yīn

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

低音
dī yīn

bass

低音喇叭
dī yīn lǎ ba

woofer

低音大提琴
dī yīn dà tí qín

double bass; contrabass

低音大号
dī yīn dà hào

bass tuba

低音提琴
dī yīn tí qín

double bass

低音炮
dī yīn pào

subwoofer

低音管
dī yīn guǎn

bassoon

佳音
jiā yīn

good news

修音
xiū yīn

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

假音
jiǎ yīn

falsetto, same as 假聲|假声

假高音
jiǎ gāo yīn

falsetto, same as 假聲|假声

元音
yuán yīn

vowel

元音和谐
yuán yīn hé xié

vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)

元音失读
yuán yīn shī dú

vowel devoicing

先期录音
xiān qī lù yīn

prerecording

儿化音
ér huà yīn

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

全度音
quán dù yīn

whole tone (musical interval)

全音
quán yīn

whole tone (musical interval)

八分音符
bā fēn yīn fú

quaver

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)

八音盒
bā yīn hé

musical box

出神音乐
chū shén yīn yuè

trance (music genre)

分音符
fēn yīn fú

dieresis

切分音
qiē fēn yīn

syncopation

切音
qiè yīn

to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words

前鼻音
qián bí yīn

alveolar nasal

北京音
běi jīng yīn

Beijing pronunciation

半音
bàn yīn

semitone

半音程
bàn yīn chéng

semitone

印度音乐
yìn dù yīn yuè

Bhangra, Indian music (music genre)

卷舌元音
juǎn shé yuán yīn

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

古典音乐
gǔ diǎn yīn yuè

classical music

古音
gǔ yīn

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

可读音性
kě dú yīn xìng

pronounceability

合成语音
hé chéng yǔ yīn

assembled phonology

合音
hé yīn

backup vocal (music)

同音
tóng yīn

(music) unison

同音字
tóng yīn zì

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

同音词
tóng yīn cí

homophone; homonym

吞音
tūn yīn

(linguistics) elision

吸音
xī yīn

sound-absorbing

和音
hé yīn

harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)

唇音
chún yīn

labial consonant

唇齿音
chún chǐ yīn

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

喉塞音
hóu sè yīn

glottal stop

喉擦音
hóu cā yīn

guttural fricative

喉音
hóu yīn

guttural sound

单音节
dān yīn jié

monosyllabic

单音词
dān yīn cí

monosyllabic word

嗓音
sǎng yīn

voice

噪音盒
zào yīn hé

boombox

四分音符
sì fēn yīn fú

crotchet (music)

回铃音
huí líng yīn

ringback tone

回音
huí yīn

echo

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

Bopomofo

国际音标
guó jì yīn biāo

international phonetic alphabet

国音
guó yīn

official state pronunciation

土音
tǔ yīn

local accent

基音
jī yīn

fundamental tone

塞擦音
sè cā yīn

affricate (phonetics)

塞音
sè yīn

(linguistics) plosive; stop

多音
duō yīn

polyphony

多音多义字
duō yīn duō yì zì

character having several readings and meanings

多音字
duō yīn zì

character with two or more readings

多音节词
duō yīn jié cí

polysyllabic word

女高音
nǚ gāo yīn

soprano

奶音
nǎi yīn

child's voice

威妥玛拼音
wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn

Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

威氏注音法
wēi shì zhù yīn fǎ

Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese

威玛拼音
wēi mǎ pīn yīn

Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

娃娃音
wá wa yīn

childlike voice

子音
zǐ yīn

consonant

字音
zì yīn

phonetic value of a character

定音
dìng yīn

to call the tune

定音鼓
dìng yīn gǔ

timpani

实况录音
shí kuàng lù yīn

live recording

尾音
wěi yīn

final sound of a syllable

属音
shǔ yīn

dominant (music)

巴音布克草原
bā yīn bù kè cǎo yuán

Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains

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

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

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang

平舌音
píng shé yīn

alveolar

延音线
yán yīn xiàn

tie (music)

弦外之音
xián wài zhī yīn

overtone (music)

弱音踏板
ruò yīn tà bǎn

soft pedal (on piano)

强音踏板
qiáng yīn tà bǎn

loud pedal (on piano)

影音
yǐng yīn

recorded media (CD and DVD)

后鼻音
hòu bí yīn

velar nasal

心脏杂音
xīn zàng zá yīn

heart murmur

心杂音
xīn zá yīn

see 心臟雜音|心脏杂音[xīn zàng zá yīn]

心音
xīn yīn

sound of the heart

忙音
máng yīn

busy signal (telephony)

抖音
dǒu yīn

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

拼音
pīn yīn

phonetic writing

拼音字母
pīn yīn zì mǔ

phonetic letters

拼音文字
pīn yīn wén zì

phonetic alphabet

拼音阶段
pīn yīn jiē duàn

alphabetic stage

拾音器
shí yīn qì

pickup (electro-acoustic transducer)

按键音
àn jiàn yīn

keypad tone

提示音
tí shì yīn

beep

摩擦音
mó cā yīn

fricative (phonetics)

拨号音
bō hào yīn

dial tone

播音
bō yīn

to transmit

播音员
bō yīn yuán

announcer

擦音
cā yīn

fricative

拟音
nǐ yīn

to make a sound effect

扩音
kuò yīn

to amplify (sound)

扩音器
kuò yīn qì

megaphone

扩音机
kuò yīn jī

amplifier

收尾音
shōu wěi yīn

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

收音
shōu yīn

to receive a radio signal

放音
fàng yīn

playback (of recorded sound)

最低音
zuì dī yīn

lowest voice

最高音
zuì gāo yīn

highest voice

有气音
yǒu qì yīn

aspirated consonant (in phonetics)

本位音
běn wèi yīn

(music) natural note

杳无音信
yǎo wú yīn xìn

to have no news whatever

根音
gēn yīn

root of chord

梵汉对音
fàn hàn duì yīn

Sanskrit-Chinese transliteration

乐音
yuè yīn

musical note

标准音
biāo zhǔn yīn

standard pronunciation

标音法
biāo yīn fǎ

phonetic transcription

正音
zhèng yīn

standard pronunciation

母音
mǔ yīn

vowel

母音调和
mǔ yīn tiáo hé

vowel harmony (in phonetics)

民间音乐
mín jiān yīn yuè

folk music

泛音
fàn yīn

overtone

波音
bō yīn

Boeing (aerospace company)

注音
zhù yīn

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

注音一式
zhù yīn yī shì

Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1

注音字母
zhù yīn zì mǔ

see 注音符號|注音符号[zhù yīn fú hào]

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)

流行音乐
liú xíng yīn yuè

pop music

消音
xiāo yīn

to silence

消音器
xiāo yīn qì

silencer

混音
hùn yīn

(audio) mixing

清音
qīng yīn

(phonetics) voiceless sound

渺无音信
miǎo wú yīn xìn

to receive no news whatsoever about sb

灭音器
miè yīn qì

muffler (of an internal combustion engine)

滑音
huá yīn

glissando

浊塞音
zhuó sè yīn

(linguistics) voiced stop

浊辅音
zhuó fǔ yīn

voiced consonant (linguistics)

浊音
zhuó yīn

(phonetics) voiced sound

爆音
bào yīn

sonic boom

爵士音乐
jué shì yīn yuè

jazz (loanword)

牙音
yá yīn

velar consonants of Middle Chinese

玉音
yù yīn

(deferential) your letter

现代音乐
xiàn dài yīn yuè

modern music

琶音
pá yīn

(music) arpeggio

玛窦福音
mǎ dòu fú yīn

Gospel according to St Matthew

环球音乐集团
huán qiú yīn yuè jí tuán

Universal Music Group

男中音
nán zhōng yīn

baritone

男低音
nán dī yīn

(music) bass voice

男高音
nán gāo yīn

tenor

男高音部
nán gāo yīn bù

tenor part

画外音
huà wài yīn

voice-over

叠音钹
dié yīn bó

ride cymbal (drum kit component)

发音
fā yīn

to pronounce

发音器官
fā yīn qì guān

vocal organs

发音体
fā yīn tǐ

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

盒式录音磁带
hé shì lù yīn cí dài

cassette tape

省音
shěng yīn

(linguistics) elision

真声最高音
zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn

highest true (non-falsetto) voice

知音
zhī yīn

intimate friend

短时语音记忆
duǎn shí yǔ yīn jì yì

short-term phonological memory