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HSK
pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
HSK 2
voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to record (sound) / sound recording / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message
HSK 4
dubbing (filmmaking)
HSK 7-9
rumble / noise / static (in a signal)
HSK 7-9
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *音* | 音* | *音
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)
good news / glad tidings / gospel
good news
to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc / phonetic notation / (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号)
sound-absorbing
sound of the heart / heartbeat
bass
high pitch / soprano / treble
phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
noise
to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound
intimate friend / soul mate
vowel
quiet / silent / mute
voice / accent
to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
voice
(Tw) audio and video; audiovisual
(phonetics) voiceless sound
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齒音|齿音, 唇音
to transmit / to broadcast
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound)
one's speaking voice / tone / implication
to amplify (sound)
to silence
Boeing (aerospace company)
mordent (music)
nasal sound
(music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic
consonant
accent (of a word) / stress (on a syllable)
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
(phonetics) voiced sound / sonant
soundproofing
to tune (a musical instrument)
local accent / accent of one's native place
vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics)
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision
lingering sound
final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
semitone
sonic boom
pure tone
echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
overtone / a harmonic
(linguistics) plosive; stop
phonetic transcription / transliteration
musical note / tone
coronal consonants of Middle Chinese
tuplet (music) / sandhi (phonetics)
glissando
keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel
overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning
busy signal (telephony)
(idiom) decadent music
guttural sound / (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
fricative
fundamental tone
lateral consonant (phonetics)
sonorant
bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
lit. the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom) / fig. sth hard to come by; sth wonderful and rare
to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language
labial consonant
vowel
(deferential) your letter
local accent
dialectal accent
electronic music (genre)
whole tone (musical interval)
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal , stone , clay , leather , silk 絲|丝, wood , gourd , bamboo ) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
phonetic value of a character
falsetto, same as 假聲|假声
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
(music) arpeggio
phonetic / phonological / transliteration
soprano
root of chord
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
Gospel according to St Mark
highest voice / highest pitch / highest note
consonant
bugle call
tenor (singing voice) / a tenor
polyphony
(linguistics) elision

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