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

xīn yīn sound of the heart; heartbeat
男中 nán zhōng yīn baritone
响效果 yīn xiǎng xiào guǒ sound effects
盒 bā yīn hé musical box
男低 nán dī yīn bass (music); lower register male voice
乐 qīng yīn yuè light music
机 kuò yīn jī amplifier; loudspeaker; hearing aid
bàn yīn semitone
词 tóng yīn cí homophonic words
hóu yīn guttural sound; (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
wěi yīn final sound of a syllable; rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
律 yīn lǜ tuning; temperament
yú yīn lingering sound
yuè yīn musical note; tone
素 yīn sù phoneme
鼓 dìng yīn gǔ timpani
qīng yīn (phonetics) voiceless sound
器 miè yīn qì muffler (of an internal combustion engine)
huá yīn glissando
学 yǔ yīn xué phonetics
叉 yīn chā tuning fork
变 yīn biàn phonetic change
一槌定 yī chuí dìng yīn variant of 一錘定音|一锤定音[yi1 chui2 ding4 yin1]
hé yīn backup vocal (music); (phonetic) contraction
字 tóng yīn zì homophonic characters