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music / CL: 張|张, ,
HSK 2
voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
syllable
HSK 2
pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
HSK 2
concert / CL: 場|场
HSK 2
to record sound / an audio recording (CL:)
HSK 3
radio / CL: 臺|台
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
(tape) recording machine / tape recorder / CL: 臺|台
HSK 6
loudness / volume
HSK 6
audio and video / audiovisual
HSK 6
dubbing (filmmaking)
HSK 7-9
rumble / noise / static (in a signal)
HSK 7-9
sound; acoustics; audio / hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响)
HSK 7-9
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
official state pronunciation
semitone
Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)
electronic music (genre)
ultrasound / ultrasonic wave
accent (of a word) / stress (on a syllable)
triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)
good news
phonetic symbol
(singing) (coll.) whistle note
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)
supersonic
(phonetics) voiceless sound
voice-over / background narration
hi-fi system / stereo sound system / abbr. to 音響|音响
to amplify (sound)
high pitch / soprano / treble
country music (country & western music genre)
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
phoneme
standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)
stereo system
loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box
audio / sound / audio frequency / sound frequency
recording studio
pipe (of an organ)
bass
nasal sound
(music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram
phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound
pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
fricative
tone / sound quality / timbre
sound effect
(music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)
quiet / silent / mute
Gospel according to St Matthew
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)
final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
speed of sound
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
musical scale
voice
sound of the heart / heartbeat
good news / glad tidings / gospel
(Tw) audio and video; audiovisual
sound track / track number (e.g. on a CD)
to transmit / to broadcast
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
harmonic series
tuning; temperament / music
transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols
homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound)
labial consonant
to silence
music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, , and final and tone, 韻|韵, of a Chinese character / phoneme
Boeing (aerospace company)
mordent (music)
(music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic
consonant
character with two or more readings
music CD
interval (music)
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
phoneme
soundproofing
to tune (a musical instrument)
local accent / accent of one's native place
overtone / a harmonic
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics)
pitch (music) / tone
pickup (electro-acoustic transducer)
(audio) mixing
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision
tone / timbre / sound color
child's voice / childlike voice
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
pure tone
silencer
megaphone / loudspeaker / amplifier / microphone
noise
vowel
message

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