观音 (觀音)
Guān yīn
Pinyin

Definition

观音 (觀音)
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Guān yīn
  1. Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

声音
shēng yīn
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
语音
yǔ yīn
  1. 1 speech sounds
  2. 2 pronunciation
  3. 3 colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
  4. 4 phonetic
  5. 5 audio
  6. 6 voice
  7. 7 (Internet) to voice chat
  8. 8 voice message
音
yīn
  1. 1 sound
  2. 2 noise
  3. 3 note (of musical scale)
  4. 4 tone
  5. 5 news
  6. 6 syllable
  7. 7 reading (phonetic value of a character)
音乐
yīn yuè
  1. 1 music
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 classifier: 曲 qǔ
  4. 4 classifier: 段 duàn
五音不全
wǔ yīn bù quán
  1. 1 tone deaf
  2. 2 unable to sing in tune

Idioms (3)

空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
  1. 1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
  2. 2 sth hard to come by
  3. 3 sth wonderful and rare
听话听声，锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
  1. 1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

Sample Sentences

嗯，说不定是观音娘娘保佑啊，呵呵。
ng4 ，shuōbudìng shì Guānyīn niángniang bǎoyòu a ，hēhē 。
Yeah. Maybe we were blessed by Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy. Heh-heh.
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当然许了，不是说那边的送子观音很灵验吗？呵呵。
dāngrán xǔ le ，bùshì shuō nàbiān de Sòngzǐ Guānyīn hěn língyàn ma ？hēhē 。
Of course we did. They say that the Child-bringing Guanyin is really effective, don't they? Heh-heh.
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不会吧？那你还拜什么送子观音啊？
bùhuì ba ？nà nǐ hái bài shénme Sòngzǐ Guānyīn a ？
No way? Then what were you doing praying to the Child-bringing Guanyin?
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嗯，这个挂件让我看看。对、对，就是这个观音。
ng5 ，zhè ge guàjiàn ràng wǒ kànkan 。duì 、duì ，jiùshì zhè ge guānyīn 。
Let me see this amulet. Oh, right -- this is Guanyin.
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