yīn
Pinyin

Definition

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yīn
  1. sound
  2. noise
  3. note (of musical scale)
  4. tone
  5. news
  6. syllable
  7. reading (phonetic value of a character)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (25)

  1. 1 Italy
  2. 2 Italian
  3. 3 abbr. for 意大利[Yì dà lì]
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 meaning
  3. 3 thought
  4. 4 to think
  5. 5 wish
  6. 6 desire
  7. 7 intention
  8. 8 to expect
  9. 9 to anticipate
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)
jìng
  1. 1 border
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 condition
  4. 4 boundary
  5. 5 circumstances
  6. 6 territory
jìng
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 actually
  3. 3 to go so far as to
  4. 4 indeed

Related Words (20)

shēng yīn
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
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
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)
yīn yuè
  1. 1 music
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 classifier: 曲 qǔ
  4. 4 classifier: 段 duàn
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

我以前很想读音乐,但是我父母不让我读音乐,让我去读医科呢!这就是牛不喝水强按头
wǒ yǐqián hěn xiǎng dú yīnyuè ,dànshì wǒ fùmǔ bù ràng wǒ dú yīnyuè ,ràng wǒ qù dú yīkē ne !zhè jiùshì niúbùhēshuǐqiǎngàntóu
I used to want to study music so much, but my parents didn't let me to. They wanted me to study medicine. This is just like forcing a bull to drink water.
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好久没听到你的声音。你好吗?
hǎojiǔ méi tīngdào nǐ de shēngyīn 。nǐhǎo ma ?
I haven’t heard your voice in a long time. How are you?
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一年级拼音验收,二年级古诗词验收,三年级查字典验收,四年级成语验收,五年级作文验收……
yī niánjí pīnyīn yànshōu ,èr niánjí gǔ shīcí yànshōu ,sān niánjí chá zì diǎn yànshōu ,sì niánjí chéngyǔ yànshōu ,wǔ niánjí zuòwén yànshōu ……
First grade pin-yin exam, second grade poetry exam, third grade dictionary exam, forth grade idioms exam, fifth grade essay exam...
别听他唱歌,他常常走音。
bié tīng tā chànggē ,tā chángcháng zǒuyīn 。
Don’t listen to his singing. He is often out of tune.
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音乐我都喜欢。
yīnyuè wǒ dōu xǐhuan 。
I like all kinds of music.
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Joe喜欢下载音乐。
xǐhuan xiàzài yīnyuè 。
Joe likes to download music.
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7月26日,外媒称,波音7月24日公布该公司史上最大季度亏损。
yuè rì ,wàiméi chēng ,Bōyīn yuè rì gōngbù gāi gōngsī shǐshàng zuìdà jìdù kuīsǔn 。
On July 26, foreign media said that Boeing announced the largest quarterly loss in the company's history on July 24.
因解决737MAX飞机问题的成本急剧增加,波音示警称,如果这款最畅销机型在争取全球监管当局同意复飞时遭遇新阻碍,波音可能不得不完全关闭737MAX生产线。
yīn jiějué fēijī wèntí de chéngběn jíjù zēngjiā ,Bōyīn shìjǐng chēng ,rúguǒ zhè kuǎn zuì chàngxiāo jīxíng zài zhēngqǔ quánqiú jiānguǎn dāngjú tóngyì fùfēi shí zāoyù Xīn zǔài ,Bōyīn kěnéng bùdébù wánquán guānbì shēngchǎnxiàn 。
Boeing warned that it may have to completely shut down the 737MAX line if this best-selling model encounters new obstacles when trying to obtain global regulators go ahead to resume flying.
4月25日下午,“世界的香格里拉”全国抖音挑战赛在云南省迪庆州正式启动。
yuè rì xiàwǔ ,“shìjiè de Xiānggélǐlā ”quánguó dǒuyīn tiǎozhàn sài zài YúnnánShěng díqìng zhōu zhèngshì qǐdòng 。
On the afternoon of April 25th, the "World's Shangri-La" National Tik Tok Challenge was officially launched in Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
大赛期间,来自全国各地的抖音爱好者将通过中国最火爆的抖音短视频平台,结合当地独具特色的人文风貌,参与相关话题互动,向全世界推广“传说中的迪庆”和“世界的香格里拉”,并有机会获得价值19800元的迪庆旅游大奖。
dàsài qījiān ,láizì quánguó gèdì de dǒuyīn àihàozhě jiāng tōngguò Zhōngguó zuì huǒbào de dǒuyīn duǎn shìpín píngtái ,jiéhé dāngdì dújù tèsè de rénwén fēngmào ,cānyù xiāngguān huàtí hùdòng ,xiàng quánshìjiè tuīguǎng “chuánshuō zhōng de díqìng ”hé “shìjiè de Xiānggélǐlā ”,bìng yǒu jīhuì huòdé jiàzhí yuán de díqìng lǚyóu dàjiǎng 。
During the competition, Tik tok fans from all over the country will participate in Tik Tok‘s most popular video platform in China interacting in topics which will combine the unique local cultural features and promote the “Legends of Diqing” and “Shangri-La of the world”. And even have the opportunity to win the Diqing Tourism Award of 19,800 yuan.