語音

简 语音 · 繁 語音
Mandarin · pinyin yǔ yīn

Meanings

  1. speech sounds
  2. pronunciation
  3. colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
  4. phonetic
  5. audio
  6. voice
  7. (Internet) to voice chat
  8. voice message
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語
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音
yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
语
yǔ · language, words; saying, expression
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Mandarin tones

3–1 · yu3 yin1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu5 jam1

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noun

  1. voice (sound uttered by human beings in speech or song)
  2. accent (manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region or social group); pronunciation; manner of speaking
  3. voice message
  4. voice call

verb

  1. (informal) to have a voice chat (via software)

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語音 · yu3 yin1
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Exact source record語音 语音 [yu3 yin1] /speech sounds/pronunciation/colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character/phonetic/audio/voice/(Internet) to voice chat/voice message/