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HSK
syllable
HSK 2
music / CL: 張|张, ,
HSK 2
loudness / volume
HSK 6
music box
pipe (of an organ)
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
musician
sonic boom
concert / CL: 場|场
HSK 2
phonetic symbol
audio file (computer)
loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box
message
(music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram
tuning; temperament / music
audio equipment
music festival
phoneme
tone deaf
pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
phonetic change
sound wave
foot (syllabic unit in verse) / meter / scansion
tone / timbre / sound color
phonetic value
phoneme
names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)
music CD
(theater, cinema) a musical
sound track / track number (e.g. on a CD)
tone / sound quality / timbre
The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)
syllabic script
musical scale
Music Television MTV
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".)
a note on a musical scale
sound duration / length of a musical note
musicology
pitch (music) / tone
voice and features / (sb's) appearance
audio tape
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  *音* | 音* | *音
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)
sound effect
audio / sound / audio frequency / sound frequency
tuning fork
sound effects
sound and meaning
stereo system
music academy / conservatory
interval (music)
message
sound and video
sound and video
letters / mail / news / messages / correspondence
concert hall / auditorium
phonology
sound equipment / stereo
(music) organ stop
transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols
vocal range / register (music)
music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, , and final and tone, 韻|韵, of a Chinese character / phoneme
China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA)
speed of sound
formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋, 朗姆酒, 奶昔 and 米老鼠)
Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)


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