收音

Chinese

FWOTD – 21 May 2024

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (收音)		收	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōuyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau¹ jam¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siu¹ yim¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-yîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōuyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shouyin
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-yin¹
    • Yale: shōu-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouin
    • Palladius: шоуинь (šouinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ jam¹
    • Yale: sāu yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siu¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³ jim³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ im^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ (r)im^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-im
    • Tâi-lô: siu-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'ym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ im³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/

Noun

收音

1. radio reception

   收音機／收音机  ―  shōuyīn jī  ―  radio

2. acoustics (of an auditorium, of a microphone etc.)
3. (film) location sound-recording
4. ending of a word or syllable (in vocal training or linguistics)

   音節是語音結構的最小單位，它的內部結構一般按起音、領音和收音分析。 [MSC, trad.]
   音节是语音结构的最小单位，它的内部结构一般按起音、领音和收音分析。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 2006 Dec 02, [1]

   Yīnjié shì yǔyīn jiégòu de zuìxiǎo dānwèi, tā de nèibù jiégòu yībān àn qǐyīn, lǐngyīn hé shōuyīn fēnxī. [Pinyin]

   Syllables are the smallest phonological unit, their internal structure is generally analysed by the onset, nucleus, and coda.

Verb

收音

1. to receive a radio signal
2. to make an audio recording

   拍影片的時候到底要怎麼收音才好？ [MSC, trad.]
   拍影片的时候到底要怎么收音才好？ [MSC, simp.]

   From: 2021 July 09, [2]

   Pāi yǐngpiàn de shíhòu dàodǐ yào zěnme shōuyīn cái hǎo? [Pinyin]

   When filming, what is the best way to record the audio?

3. to have good acoustics (of an auditorium, etc.)

Derived terms

• 收音師 / 收音师
• 收音機 / 收音机 (shōuyīnjī)