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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)

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
a tenorist
重音cung5 jam1
stress; accent
和諧音wo4 haai4 jam1
chord [music]

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