字音

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (字音)		字	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-îm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-im / jī-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyin
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: dz̀-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhin
    • Palladius: цзыинь (czyinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jam¹
    • Yale: jih yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-îm
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii im´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ im¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ im²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-im
    • Tâi-lô: lī-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixym
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² im³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ im⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-im
    • Tâi-lô: jī-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ im⁴⁴/

Noun

字音

1. pronunciation of a character

   京劇字音／京剧字音  ―  jīngjù zìyīn  ―  pronunciation of characters used in Peking Opera (上口字)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	音
じ Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 字(じ) (ji, “character”) + 音(おん) (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じおん [jìóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiõ̞ɴ]

Noun

字(じ)音(おん) • (jion) 

1. (linguistics) a pronunciation of a certain character or letter
2. (linguistics) a reading of a kanji character borrowed from Chinese

   Synonyms: 音 (on), 漢字音 (kanjion)

   Antonym: 字訓 (jikun)

Derived terms

• 字音(じおん)仮名(かな)遣(づかい), 字音(じおん)仮名(かな)遣(づか)い (jion kanazukai)

Korean

Hanja in this term
字	音

Noun

字音 • (ja'eum) (hangeul 자음)

1. Hanja form^? of 자음 (“pronunciation”).