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music / CL: 張|张, ,
HSK 2
voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
HSK 2
concert / CL: 場|场
HSK 2
syllable
HSK 2
to record (sound) / sound recording / CL: 個|个
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
loudness / volume
HSK 6
(tape) recording machine / tape recorder / CL: 臺|台
HSK 6
audio and video / audiovisual
HSK 6
sound; acoustics; audio / hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响)
HSK 7-9
dubbing (filmmaking)
HSK 7-9
rumble / noise / static (in a signal)
HSK 7-9
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
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sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)
musician
high pitch / soprano / treble
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)
to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
Gospel according to St Matthew
crotchet (music)
(phonetics) voiceless sound
sound effect
phoneme
soundproofing
good news / glad tidings / gospel
letters / mail / news / messages / correspondence
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
(music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram
one's speaking voice / tone / implication
music festival
pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
phonetic value of a character
homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound)
to silence
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
pop music
ultrasound / ultrasonic wave
good news
tone / sound quality / timbre
echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting
loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box
(theater, cinema) a musical
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
homophone; homonym
intimate friend / soul mate
light music
busy signal (telephony)
voice
concert hall / auditorium
classical music
music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, , and final and tone, 韻|韵, of a Chinese character / phoneme
phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
Gospel according to St John
Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
reading or phonetic value of a character / (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读. For example, has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)
Chinese character that is pronounced the same (as another character)
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)
syncopation
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
phonetic symbol
supersonic
voice / accent
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
pitch (music) / tone
tone / timbre / sound color
to amplify (sound)
vocal range / register (music)
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
bass
phonetic transcription / transliteration
Voice of America (VOA)
noise
Gospel according to St Luke
sound track / track number (e.g. on a CD)
electronic music (genre)
(Tw) audio and video; audiovisual
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
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision
musical box
musical note / tone
to tune (a musical instrument)
audio tape / CL: 盤|盘,
soprano
local accent / accent of one's native place
vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics)
tweeter
tenor (singing voice) / a tenor
tuning fork
sound effects
whole tone (musical interval)
speech recognition
country music (country & western music genre)
to transmit / to broadcast
double bass / contrabass
tone deaf / unable to sing in tune

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