七音

Chinese

		seven	sound; noise; news
trad. (七音)		七	音
simp. #(七音)		七	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciyin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-yin¹
    • Yale: chī-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiin
    • Palladius: циинь (ciinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ jam¹
    • Yale: chāt yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

七音

1. seven sounds
   1. (music) heptatonic scale patterns
   2. (linguistics) The seven classes of initials in Middle Chinese: velar, "lingual", labial, dental, laryngeal, lateral and dorsal sounds.
   3. (linguistics) seven tones (in a Chinese dialect)