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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
rumble / noise / static (in a signal)
HSK 7-9
dubbing (filmmaking)
HSK 7-9
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
high pitch / soprano / treble
soundproofing
voice
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
sound of the heart / heartbeat
homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound)
echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)
to amplify (sound)
vowel
overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning
Gospel according to St Matthew
(phonetics) voiceless sound
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  *音* | 音* | *音
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)
good news / glad tidings / gospel
Gospel according to St John
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
to tune (a musical instrument)
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
nasal sound
(deferential) your letter
official state pronunciation
one's speaking voice / tone / implication
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
electronic music (genre)
phonetic value of a character
phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
busy signal (telephony)
voice / accent
tenor
sonorant
vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics)
pure tone
syncopation
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
bass
good news
Voice of America (VOA)
noise
Gospel according to St Luke
recorded media (CD and DVD) / sound and movies
soprano
local accent / accent of one's native place
lingering sound
backup vocal (music) / (phonetic) contraction
phonetic transcription / transliteration
voice-over / background narration
Boeing (aerospace company)
mordent (music)
diphthong
consonant
lateral consonant (phonetics)
(linguistics) onset
standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)
(linguistics) elision
(music) arpeggio
labial consonant
tremolo
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
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
musical note / tone
final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
Gospel according to St Mark
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
intimate friend / soul mate
tuplet (music) / sandhi (phonetics)
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)
(phonetics) voiced sound / sonant
labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)
(music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic
diphthong / compound vowel
overtone / a harmonic
to silence
to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
crosstalk / to overhear
to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language
dental consonant
affricate (phonetics)
live recording
to transmit / to broadcast
bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
glottal stop
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
(linguistics) plosive; stop
guttural sound / (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
glissando
accent (of a word) / stress (on a syllable)

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