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音
yīn
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English Definitionsound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
Simplified Script音
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinyīn
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping)jam1
Part of Speech(名) noun
Proficiency Test LevelTOCFL=7

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音乐yīnyuèmusic
音响yīnxiǎngsound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system; abbr. for 组合音响
音乐会yīnyuè huìconcert
音频yīnpínaudio; sound; audio frequency; sound frequency
音箱yīnxiāngloudspeaker box; speaker (audio equipment); resonating chamber of a musical instrument; sound box
Words With Same Tail Word    
声音shēngyīnvoice; sound
录音lùyīnto record (sound); sound recording
噪音zàoyīnrumble; noise; static (in a signal)
语音yǔyīnspeech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message
口音kǒuyīnoral speech sounds (linguistics)
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