yīn

sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

HSK 3 #540

DEFINITIONS

音 yīn
  • sound
  • noise
  • note (of musical scale)
  • tone
  • news
  • syllable
  • reading (phonetic value of a character)

STROKES

WORDS

齦齶 yín è yīn alveo-palatal sound (linguistics)
中 yīn zhōng amidst the sound; in the background of the sound
luò yīn the ending intonation of a phrase or sentence in speech
渺无讯 miǎo wú yīn xùn not without news; not completely without information
器 diào yīn qì tuner (for musical instruments); tuning device
模糊 mó hu yīn blurred sound; fuzzy sound; unclear pronunciation