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radio / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
music / CL: 張|张, ,
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
syllable
HSK 2
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
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
phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
loudness / volume
HSK 6
music box
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
classical music
voice / accent
local accent / accent of one's native place
childlike voice / babyish voice
Gospel according to St Matthew
pipe (of an organ)
stereo system
(linguistics) onset
lead guitar
instrumental music
audio and video / audiovisual
HSK 6
silencer
close vowel
country music (country & western music genre)
voice recorder (handheld digital device)
speech command (for computer speech recognition)
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)
voice-over / background narration
bass
good news
musical note / tone
(music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic
official state pronunciation
double bass / contrabass
(phonetics) medial
(music) tuplet
Mandarin phonetic symbols (MPS), phonetic alphabet for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan, also known colloquially as Bopomofo (after the first four letters of the alphabet:ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)
recording studio
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
to transmit / to broadcast
(music) tremolo
sonic boom
quaver / eighth note
pop music
background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting
tenor (singing voice) / a tenor
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
homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound)
character with two or more readings
polyphony
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
vowel
phonetic letters
Gospel according to St John
dubbing (filmmaking)
HSK 7-9
Warner Music Group
disyllabic word / polysyllabic word
audio tape / CL: 盤|盘,
phonetic symbol
modern music / contemporary music
homophone; homonym
phonetic alphabet / alphabetic writing system
subwoofer
tweeter
music box
diphthong
hi-fi system / stereo sound system / abbr. to 音響|音响
loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box
sound and video
tone deaf / unable to sing in tune
overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning
beep
dialectal accent
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
voice
to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound
phonology
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision
Central Conservatory of Music
crotchet (music)
echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)
phonetic value of a character
Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
accent (of a word) / stress (on a syllable)
message
(music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram
(music) off-key; out of tune
to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
semitone
tuning; temperament / music
speech synthesis
(music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc)
gospel
lingering sound

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