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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) / sound recording / CL: 個|个
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
dubbing (filmmaking)
HSK 7-9
rumble / noise / static (in a signal)
HSK 7-9
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
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)
polyphony
to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound
overtone / a harmonic
diphthong / compound vowel
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
(phonetics) voiceless sound
triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)
soundproofing
good news / glad tidings / gospel
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
(music) arpeggio
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
phonetic value of a character
accent (of a word) / stress (on a syllable)
homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound)
to silence
good news
to call the tune / to make the final decision
echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
intimate friend / soul mate
voice
phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
Gospel according to St John
Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
syncopation
voice / accent
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
to amplify (sound)
(audio) mixing
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
phonetic transcription / transliteration
noise
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 note / tone
to tune (a musical instrument)
local accent / accent of one's native place
vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics)
tenor (singing voice) / a tenor
whole tone (musical interval)
to transmit / to broadcast
baritone
consonant
crosstalk / to overhear
voice-over / background narration
(music) bass voice
Boeing (aerospace company)
mordent (music)
official state pronunciation
lingering sound
to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
(linguistics) elision
backup vocal (music) / (phonetic) contraction
soprano
standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)
Voice of America (VOA)
(music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic
sound of the heart / heartbeat
dental consonant
velar consonants of Middle Chinese
nasal sound
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
consonant
live recording
vowel
lateral consonant (phonetics)
fricative (phonetics)
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)
affricate (phonetics)
diphthong
final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
(deferential) your letter
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language
phonetic / phonological / transliteration
overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning
apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
(idiom) decadent music
fricative
bugle call
sonorant
bass
ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal , stone , clay , leather , silk 絲|丝, wood , gourd , bamboo ) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
dialectal accent

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