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語音
简 语音 · 繁 語音Mandarin · pinyin yǔ yīn
Meanings
- speech sounds
- pronunciation
- colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
- phonetic
- audio
- voice
- (Internet) to voice chat
- voice message
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Mandarin tones
3–1 · yu3 yin1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyu5 jam1
Cantonese word readings for 語音. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- voice (sound uttered by human beings in speech or song)
- accent (manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region or social group); pronunciation; manner of speaking
- voice message
- voice call
verb
- (informal) to have a voice chat (via software)
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