餘音繞梁

简 余音绕梁 · 繁 餘音繞梁
Mandarin · pinyin yú yīn rào liáng

Meanings

  1. reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
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餘
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音
yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
繞
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梁
liáng · bridge; beam; rafters; surname
余
yú · I, my, me; surname; surplus
绕
rào · entwine; wind around; surround
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2–1–4–2 · yu2 yin1 rao4 liang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu4 jam1 jiu2 loeng4

Cantonese word readings for 餘音繞梁. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jyu4 jam1 jiu5 loeng4

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餘音繞梁 · yu2 yin1 rao4 liang2
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Exact source record餘音繞梁 余音绕梁 [yu2 yin1 rao4 liang2] /reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)/