yīn yuè
music
CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
yīn
sound
noise
note (of musical scale)
tone
news
syllable
reading (phonetic value of a character)
yǐng yīn
recorded media (CD and DVD)
sound and movies
lù yīn jī
(tape) recording machine
tape recorder
CL:臺|台[tai2]
yīn xiàng
audio and video
audiovisual
yīn yì
transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters)
characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)
transcription (linguistics)
to transcribe phonetic symbols
yīn diào
pitch of voice (high or low)
pitch (of a musical note)
tone
huí yīn
echo
reply
turn (ornament in music)
zhù yīn
Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan
also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
yīn xùn
letters
mail
news
messages
correspondence
kǒu yīn
oral speech sounds (linguistics)
zào yīn
rumble
noise
static (in a signal)
zhòng yīn
accent (of a word)
stress (on a syllable)
xīn yīn
sound of the heart
heartbeat
pīn yīn
phonetic writing
pinyin (Chinese romanization)
yīn pín
audio
sound
audio frequency
sound frequency
yīn fú
(music) note
phonetic component of a Chinese character
phonetic symbol
phonogram
fā yīn
to pronounce
pronunciation
to emit sound
huà yīn
one's speaking voice
tone
implication
qīng yīn
unvoiced consonant
voiceless consonant
fú yīn
good news
glad tidings
gospel
Guān shì yīn
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
xié yīn
homonym
homophone
harmonic (component of sound)
xiāng yīn
local accent
accent of one's native place
lù yīn
to record (sound)
sound recording
CL:個|个[ge4]
dú yīn
pronunciation
literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
zì yīn
phonetic value of a character
yǔ yīn
speech sounds
pronunciation
colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
phonetic
audio
voice
(Internet) to voice chat
voice message
yīn zhì
tone
sound quality
timbre
yīn xiǎng
sound
acoustics
audio
hi-fi system
stereo sound system
abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3 he2 yin1 xiang3]
yīn xiāng
loudspeaker box
speaker (audio equipment)
resonating chamber of a musical instrument
sound box
Guān yīn
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
zhī yīn
intimate friend
soul mate
yīn yùn
music
rhyme and rhythm
initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character
phoneme
chāo yīn bō
ultrasound
ultrasonic wave
yīn pín shè bèi
sound card
audio card (computer)
yīn guǐ
sound track
track number (e.g. on a CD)
tiáo yīn
to tune (a musical instrument)
Hàn yǔ pīn yīn
Hanyu pinyin, the pinyin transliteration system used in PRC since the 1960s
zǔ hé yīn xiǎng
hi-fi system
stereo sound system
abbr. to 音響|音响[yin1 xiang3]
zǒu yīn
off-key
out of tune (music)
Yīn yuè zhī shēng
The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)
Zhōng yāng Yīn yuè Xué yuàn
Central Conservatory of Music
kuò yīn qì
megaphone
loudspeaker
amplifier
microphone
Tiě guān yīn
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
Guān yīn Pú sà
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
bèi jǐng yīn yuè
background music (BGM)
soundtrack
musical setting
yīn yuè xué yuàn
music academy
conservatory
Guān shì yīn Pú sà
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
guó jì yīn biāo
international phonetic alphabet
lù yīn dài
audio tape
CL:盤|盘[pan2],盒[he2]
Shàng hǎi Yīn yuè Xué yuàn
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
wǔ yīn
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
zhǔ yīn
keynote
principal tone
tonic
vowel
zhèng yīn
standard pronunciation
to correct sb's pronunciation
fēn yīn fú
dieresis
umlaut
diacritical mark separating two adjacent syllables
xiàn dài yīn yuè
modern music
contemporary music
duō yīn zì
character with two or more readings
quán yīn
whole tone (musical interval)
bā yīn
music
(used in advertising instrumental tuition)
(archaic) musical instruments made of eight different materials (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)
Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu
Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang
yì yīn
phonetic transcription
transliteration
xián wài zhī yīn
overtone (music)
(fig.) connotation
implied meaning
chàn yīn
vibrato (of stringed instrument)
trill (in phonetics)
wěi yīn
final sound of a syllable
rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
Lù jiā fú yīn
Gospel according to St Luke
yīn yuè yuàn
conservatory
music college
qiè yīn
to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
zhuó yīn
voiced consonant (English z or v, as opposed to unvoiced s or f)
yú yīn rào liáng
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Guān yīn xiāng
Guanyin or Kuanyin township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
kuò yīn jī
amplifier
loudspeaker
hearing aid
mǐ mǐ zhī yīn
decadent or obscene music
wǔ yīn bù quán
tone deaf
unable to sing in tune
Mǎ tài fú yīn
Gospel according to St Matthew
dìng yīn
to call the tune
to make the final decision
dān yīn jié
monosyllabic
a monosyllable
biǎo yīn
phonetic
phonological
transliteration
sān yīn
third (musical interval, e.g. do-mi)
yīn yùn xué
Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)
yīn míng
name of pitch (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)
Yuē hàn fú yīn
Gospel according to St John
gāo yīn bù
upper register
soprano part
zuì gāo yīn
highest voice
highest pitch
highest note
pīn yīn wén zì
phonetic alphabet
alphabetic writing system
tōng yòng pīn yīn
the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
nán dī yīn
bass (music)
lower register male voice
yīn dú
reading or phonetic value of a character
biāo zhǔn yīn
standard pronunciation
standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)
Zhù yīn fú hào
Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan
also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
guó yīn
official state pronunciation
yīn cháng
sound duration
length of a musical note
zuì dī yīn
lowest voice
lowest pitch
lowest note
yǔ yīn zhǐ lìng
speech command (for computer speech recognition)
Mǎ kě fú yīn
Gospel according to St Mark
yīn jí
a note on a musical scale
qiáo shé yīn
retroflex
consonants zh, ch, sh, r produced on the back of the tongue
jīn yīn
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
hòu bí yīn
velar nasal
consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
Yìn dù yīn yuè
Bhangra, Indian music (music genre)
Hán Sù yīn
Han Suyin (1917-2012), Eurasian physician and author
zhù yīn yī shì
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1
Bopomofo
abbr. for 國語注音符號第一式|国语注音符号第一式[Guo2 yu3 zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4 di4 yi1 shi4]
dī yīn guǎn
bassoon
also written 巴頌管|巴颂管 or 巴松管
kōng gǔ zú yīn
sound of footsteps in an empty valley (idiom); a rare occurrence
That's sth you don't often hear!
biān yīn
lateral consonant (phonetics)
píng shé yīn
alveolar
consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
yīn bù
foot (syllabic unit in verse)
meter
scansion
qián bí yīn
alveolar nasal
consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
nǐ yīn
to make a sound effect
sound effect
duō yīn jié cí
polysyllabic word
Chinese word made up of three or more characters
duō yīn duō yì zì
character having several readings and meanings
Mǎ dòu fú yīn
Gospel according to St Matthew
Ruò wàng fú yīn
Gospel according to St John
shuāng chún yīn
bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
miè yīn qì
muffler (of an internal combustion engine)
shé jiān yīn
apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
fā yīn tǐ
sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc)
xiū yīn
voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)
shé jiān hòu yīn
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
shé jiān qián yīn
alveolar
consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
fēi yīn
(ling) unstressed (syllable)
fù hé yuán yīn
diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, uei etc)
miǎo wú yīn xìn
to receive no news whatsoever about sb
zhù yīn fǎ
phonetic transcription
system of representing spoken sounds
Xùn mín Zhèng yīn
Korean text HunMin JongUm promulgated by Sejong Daewang in 1418 to introduce hangeul
chǐ yín yīn
alveolar, apical, or supradental sound (linguistics)
mǔ yīn tiáo hé
vowel harmony (in phonetics)
yuán yīn hé xié
vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
biāo yīn fǎ
phonetic transcription
system of representing spoken sounds
Wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
ruò yīn tà bǎn
soft pedal (on piano)
una corda pedal
juǎn shé yuán yīn
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
juǎn shé yuán yīn
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
yín yīn
alveolar sound (linguistics)
shōu wěi yīn
final (i.e. final consonant or stop of some syllables in Asian phonetics)
yǒu qì yīn
aspirated consonant (in phonetics)
Bā yīn guō lèng Měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu
Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
shé jiān chàn yīn
alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
fàn hàn duì yīn
Sanskrit-Chinese transliteration
fú lèi fú yīn
synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology)
xiān qī lù yīn
pre-recording
to pre-record
shū shì yīn
comfortable voice (well within one's range of pitch)
Bā yīn mǎn dū hū
Bayan Mandahu, village in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia, noted for Cretaceous dinosaur fossils
Guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used in Taiwan)
Bopomofo
abbr. to 注音一式[zhu4 yin1 yi1 shi4]
yín è yīn
alveo-palatal sound (linguistics)
qiáng yīn tà bǎn
loud pedal (on piano)
sustaining pedal
yīn shuān
organ stop (button activating a row of pipes)
yín è yīn
prepalatal sound (linguistics)
Wēi mǎ pīn yīn
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn
highest true (non-falsetto) voice
nì huí yīn
inverted turn (ornament in music)
Bā yīn guō lèng zhōu
abbr. for Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang
abbr. for 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州[Bā yīn gūo lèng Měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu]
Wēi shì zhù yīn fǎ
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
bǔ zú yīn chéng
complementary interval
addition musical interval adding to an octave
hú hòu huí yīn
to respectfully await sb’s reply (idiom)
qián cí huì yǔ yīn jiā gōng
pre-lexical phonological processing
duǎn shí yǔ yīn jì yì
short-term phonological memory
yǔ yīn tōng xùn tōng dào
voice (communications) channel
yín cā yīn
alveolar fricative (linguistics)
Bā yīn bù kè cǎo yuán
Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains
è yín yīn
prepalatal or palatal sound (linguistics)
palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics)
ruǎn yín yīn
velar sound (linguistics)
yín fǔ yīn
palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics)
quán dù yīn
whole tone (musical interval)
shé yīn
coronal consonants of Middle Chinese
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
qiào shé yīn
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
wǎng luò yǔ yīn
VoIP (Voice over IP) (computing)
to speak with others over the Internet
Yuē hàn Fú yīn
Gospel according to St John
Yuè yǔ Pīn yīn
Cantonese romanization
Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems
pò yīn zì
character with two or more readings
character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)
huà wài yīn
voice-over
background narration
Mǎ dòu Fú yīn
Gospel according to St Matthew
yá yīn
velar consonants of Middle Chinese
Hàn yǔ Pīn yīn
Hanyu Pinyin, the pinyin transliteration system used in PRC since the 1960s
Zhù yīn Fú hào
Zhuyin Fuhao, phonetic transliteration system for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan, also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
Ruò wàng Fú yīn
Gospel according to St John
gāo yīn
high pitch
soprano
treble
Mǎ tài Fú yīn
Gospel according to St Matthew
Mǎ kě Fú yīn
Gospel according to St Mark
yīn róng
voice and features
(sb's) appearance
yīn yù
vocal range
register (music)
xiāng cūn yīn yuè
country music (country & western music genre)
lián yīn
tuplet (music)
sandhi (phonetics)
Lù jiā Fú yīn
Gospel according to St Luke
fù yīn cí
disyllabic word
polysyllabic word
chǐ chún yīn
see 唇齒音|唇齿音[chun2 chi3 yin1]
Zhù yīn Zì mǔ
see 注音符號|注音符号[Zhu4 yin1 Fu2 hao4]
Wēi Tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
hóu yīn
guttural sound
(linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
chún chǐ yīn
labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)
hé yīn
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
hé yīn
backup vocal (music)
(phonetic) contraction
gǔ yīn
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character
classical speech sounds
Zhōng guó Hǎo Shēng yīn
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
yī chuí dìng yīn
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow
fig. to make the final decision
Bā yīn guō léng zhōu
abbr. for Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
abbr. for 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
fàng yīn
playback (of recorded sound)
shōu yīn
to receive a radio signal
to make an audio recording
(of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics
(vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)
shí yīn qì
pickup (electro-acoustic transducer)
xīn zá yīn
see 心臟雜音|心脏杂音[xin1 zang4 za2 yin1]
yī chuí dìng yīn
variant of 一錘定音|一锤定音[yi1 chui2 ding4 yin1]