中音

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (中音)		中	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyin
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-yin¹
    • Yale: jūng-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongin
    • Palladius: чжунъинь (čžunʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ jam¹
    • Yale: jūng yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

中音

1. (music) alto
2. (music) mediant, the third note of a major scale

Derived terms

• 下中音 (xiàzhōngyīn)
• 中音提琴
• 中音薩克斯管／中音萨克斯管 (zhōngyīn sàkèsīguǎn)
• 中音號／中音号
• 中音譜號／中音谱号 (zhōngyīnpǔhào)
• 女中音 (nǚzhōngyīn)
• 男中音 (nánzhōngyīn)