五音 wǔ yīn

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 35206th word

Definitions

  1. 1. five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
  2. 2. five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: hóu yīn, yá yīn, shé yīn, 齿chǐ yīn, chún yīn

Characters

Character Meaning
five; 5
sound; tone; noise