yīn

音

sound / tone

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03 · Details

Meaning, words & where you learn it

Taught in your lessons 课程

Words with 音

音乐 yīn yuè music HSK 2
声音 shēng yīn voice; sound HSK 2
音乐会 yīn yuè huì concert HSK 2
音节 yīn jié syllable HSK 2
读音 dú yīn pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character HSK 2
录音 lù yīn to record (sound); sound recording HSK 3
收音机 shōu yīn jī radio HSK 3
语音 yǔ yīn speech sounds; pronunciation HSK 4
音量 yīn liàng loudness; volume HSK 6
音像 yīn xiàng audio and video; audiovisual HSK 6
录音机 lù yīn jī (tape) recording machine; tape recorder HSK 6
噪音 zào yīn rumble; noise HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 我喜欢听音乐和看电影。 I like listening to music and watching movies. Lesson 10
  • 我喜欢听音乐和看电影。 I like listening to music and watching movies. 我的爱好
  • 我喜欢看电影和听音乐。你呢? I like watching movies and listening to music. And you? 你喜欢什么?

Character facts

Radical
音
Parts
立 + 日
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+97F3

Ideographic: A tongue 立 forming a sound in the mouth 日