音 (jam1) — musical note in Cantonese

jamˉ¹音

Mandarin Pinyin: yin1

Meaning of 音

nounmusical note

nounKangxi radical 180

nounsound; voice; noise

nountone; pitch; accent; pronunciation; timbre

nounnews; information; tidings (usually used in correspondence)

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Example Sentences with 音

janˎ₄人deiˍ₆哋ngaamˉ¹啱ngaamˉ¹啱hokˍ₆學gwongˊ²廣dungˉ¹東waa2,話，faat˗₃發jamˉ¹音mˎ₄唔zeon2,準，neiˏ₅你zauˍ₆就mˎ₄唔houˊ²好saaiˉ¹嘥janˎ₄人laaˉ¹啦。

Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.

coeng˗₃唱geiˉ¹機waaiˍ₆壞liu5,了,faat˗₃發batˉ¹不ceotˉ¹出sengˉ¹聲jamˉ¹音

The record player is broken, it's not making any sound.

嗰啲蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！

I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]!

蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！

I love the sound cicadas [in general] make.

我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！

I love the sound cicadas make!

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Words Containing 音

波音bo1 jam1

mordent

同音字tung4 jam1 zi6

homonym (character with exactly the same sound)

音變jam1 bin3

phonetic change

軟齶音jyun5 ngok6 jam1

velar (made with the back of the tongue and the soft palate)

粵語拼音jyut6 jyu5 ping3 jam1

Cantonese romanisation

音響組合jam1 hoeng2 zou2 hap6

audio set / equipment

借音詞ze3 jam1 ci4

borrowed sound (component) word

影音jing2 jam1

recorded media (CD and DVD); sound and movies

音系學jam1 hai6 hok6

音韻學, 語音體系

男高音演唱家naam4 gou1 jam1 jin2 coeng3 gaa1

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