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音

yīn

HSK 3 Character

What 音 means

1. sound
2. noise
3. note (of musical scale)
4. tone
5. news
6. syllable
7. reading (phonetic value of a character)

Example sentences

• 音乐悦耳。
  Yīnyuè yuè'ěr.
  Music gratifies the ears.
• 我听音乐。
  I listen to music.
• 她懂音乐。
  She understands music.
• 甚么声音？
  What's that sound?
• 什么声音？
  What's that sound?
• 我爱音乐。
  I love music.

Words starting with 音

• 音乐yīn yuèmusic
• 音响yīn xiǎngsound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 组合音响
• 音乐会yīn yuè huìconcert
• 音频yīn pínaudio; sound; audio frequency
• 音节yīn jiésyllable
• 音乐家yīn yuè jiāmusician
• 音像yīn xiàngaudio and video; audiovisual
• 音箱yīn xiāngloudspeaker box; speaker (audio equipment); resonating chamber of a musical instrument
• 音乐剧yīn yuè jù(theater, cinema) a musical
• 音符yīn fú(music) note; phonetic component of a Chinese character; phonetic symbol
• 音量yīn liàngloudness; volume
• 音乐厅yīn yuè tīngconcert hall; auditorium
• 音质yīn zhìtone; sound quality; timbre
• 音译yīn yìtransliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters)…
• 音色yīn sètone; timbre; sound color
• 音乐节yīn yuè jiémusic festival
• 音标yīn biāophonetic symbol
• 音调yīn diàopitch of voice (high or low); pitch (of a musical note); tone
• 音乐学院yīn yuè xué yuànmusic academy; conservatory
• 音讯yīn xùnletters; mail; news
• 音信yīn xìnmessage
• 音韵yīn yùnmusic; rhyme and rhythm; initial, 音
• 音阶yīn jiēmusical scale
• 音响效果yīn xiǎng xiào guǒsound effects

Words containing 音

• 声音shēng yīnsound; voice
• 录音lù yīnto record sound; an audio recording
• 收音机shōu yīn jīradio
• 口音kǒu yinvoice; accent
• 噪音zào yīnrumble; noise; static (in a signal)
• 发音fā yīnto pronounce; pronunciation; to emit sound
• 语音yǔ yīnspeech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a…
• 拼音pīn yīnphonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization)
• 录音机lù yīn jī(tape) recording machine; tape recorder
• 嗓音sǎng yīnvoice
• 福音fú yīngood news; glad tidings; gospel
• 配音pèi yīndubbing (filmmaking)
• 观音Guān yīnGuanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
• 话音huà yīnone's speaking voice; tone; implication
• 回音huí yīnecho; reply; turn (ornament in music)
• 影音yǐng yīn(Taiwan) audio and video; audiovisual
• 读音dú yīnpronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
• 美国之音Měi guó Zhī YīnVoice of America (VOA)
• 汉语拼音Hàn yǔ Pīn yīnHanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
• 录音带lù yīn dàiaudio tape
• 知音zhī yīnintimate friend; soul mate
• 元音yuán yīnvowel
• 播音员bō yīn yuánannouncer; broadcaster
• 高音gāo yīnhigh pitch; soprano; treble

Characters built on 日

These share the phonetic component 日 (rì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 昕xīndawn

Characters that look like 音

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 昔xīformer times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí

Sounds the same

Read yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 因cause; reason; because
• 阴overcast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 姻marriage connections
• 茵mattress
• 荫(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 殷flourishing; abundant; earnest
• 铟indium (chemistry)
• 慇solicitous
• 氤used in 氤氲
• 喑mute
• 洇to soak; to blotch; to splotch
• 愔peaceful; solemn