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[1] [n] sound; voice; noise [2] [n] tone; pitch; accent; pronunciation; timbre [3] [n] musical note [4] news; information; tidings (usually used in correspondence) [5] Kangxi radical 180 Stroke count: 9
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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語音
jyu5 jam1 = enunciation
聲音
sing1 jam1 = sound; noise; voice
播音
bo3 jam1 = transmit; broadcast
音樂
jam1 ngok6 = music
音樂家
jam1 ngok6 gaa1 = musician
嗓音
song2 jam1 = voice
讀音
duk6 jam1 = pronunciation (in reading)
收音機
sau1 jam1 gei1 = radio
鐵觀音
tit3 gun1 jam1 = Tieguanyin
尾音
mei5 jam1 = sentence final particles; ending sound of the last syllable of a wordSee all 211 compounds (CantoDict reports 226 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 9 examples containing 音
嗰啲蟬嘅聲音， 我覺得好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]! [This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]
蟬嘅聲音， 我覺得好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound cicadas [in general] make. [Note that because we haven't specified any particular cicadas, we're talking about cicadas in general. (Use 呢啲 or 嗰啲 otherwise.)]
我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound cicadas make! [Lit. I feel cicada [possessive particle] sound very good-sound [particle]!]
我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making! [Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]
呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes! [Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]
呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！ 粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes! [Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.] |
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Decimal representation of this word: 音
Unicode code for this character: U+97F3 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 音
Unicode code for this character: U+97F3 (off-site link)
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