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音速

yīn sù

2-character word

What 音速 means

1. speed of sound

The characters in 音速

• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)
• 速sùfast; rapid; quick

Example sentences

• 光速比音速快很多。
  Guāngsù bǐ yīnsù kuài hěn duō.
  Light is much faster than sound.
• 超音速飞行被认为是不可能的。
  Chāoyīnsù fēixíng bèi rènwéi shì bù kěnéng de.
  Flight faster than sound was thought to be impossible.
• 光速比音速快，所以某些人在开口前，看起来还挺聪明的。
  Guāngsù bǐ yīnsù kuài, suǒyǐ mǒuxiē rén zài kāikǒu qián, kànqǐlai hái tǐng cōngming de.
  It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.
• 光速比音速快，所以有些人乍看之下很聪明，等到听到他们开口说话，愚笨的本性才表露无遗。
  Guāngsù bǐ yīnsù kuài, suǒyǐ yǒuxiērén zhàkàn zhīxià hěn cōngming, děngdào tīngdào tāmen kāikǒu shuōhuà, yúbèn de běnxìng cái biǎolùwúyí.
  It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.

Words containing 音速

• 超音速chāo yīn sùsupersonic

Sounds the same

Read yīn sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 因素element; factor
• 音素phoneme