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HSK
voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
HSK 2
to record sound / an audio recording (CL:)
HSK 3
(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
phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
voice / accent
local accent / accent of one's native place
childlike voice / babyish voice
Gospel according to St Matthew
(linguistics) onset
close vowel
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
(phonetics) medial
to transmit / to broadcast
(music) tremolo
tenor (singing voice) / a tenor
rumble / noise / static (in a signal)
HSK 7-9
homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound)
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
Gospel according to St John
dubbing (filmmaking)
HSK 7-9
diphthong
overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning
beep
dialectal accent
voice
to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision
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)
(music) off-key; out of tune
to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
semitone
lingering sound
labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)
high pitch / soprano / treble
(music) bass voice
to call the tune / to make the final decision
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
(linguistics) phonological reduction; lazy pronunciation; allegro speech
to amplify (sound)
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
(singing) (coll.) whistle note
glissando
fricative (phonetics)
(audio) mixing
(phonetics) voiced sound / sonant
diphthong
consonant
nasal sound
(linguistics) plosive; stop
third (musical interval, e.g. do-mi)
crosstalk / to overhear
(filmmaking) to prerecord a musical soundtrack to which actors will later synchronize their performance during filming
(Chinese phonetics) erhua (the sound of the r-coloring of a syllable final)
VoIP (Voice over IP) (computing) / to speak with others over the Internet
comfortable voice (well within one's range of pitch)
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
(music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)
Gospel according to St Luke
heart murmur
falsetto, same as 假聲|假声
the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)
quiet / silent / mute
onset and rime
Beijing pronunciation
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
consonant
(music) an overtone; a harmonic
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)
whole tone (musical interval)
Gospel of John (used in Catholic Bible translations)
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
sonorant
Boeing (aerospace company)
mordent (music)
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
intimate friend / soul mate
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
alveolar fricative (linguistics)
(music) arpeggio
to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language
electronic music (genre)

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