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收音

Mandarin · pinyin shōu yīn

to receive a radio signal
to make an audio recording
(of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics
(vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)

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收: shōu · gather together, collect; harvest
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180

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1–1 · shou1 yin1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau1 jam1

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noun

radio reception
acoustics (of an auditorium, of a microphone etc.)
(film) location sound-recording
ending of a word or syllable (in vocal training or linguistics)

verb

to receive a radio signal
to make an audio recording
to have good acoustics (of an auditorium, etc.)

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