泛音

Chinese

		superficial; floating	sound
simp. and trad. (泛音)		泛	音
alternative forms		汎音／泛音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan³ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fànyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànyin
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: fàn-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannin
    • Palladius: фаньинь (fanʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan³ jam¹
    • Yale: faan yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan³ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan³ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³³ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

泛音

1. overtone; harmonic
2. (of the guqin) overtone; the sound created from plucking or strumming a string with one's right hand and gently tapping on the string at specific harmonic positions, which are marked by the 13 huī (徽)

Derived terms

• 泛音列 (fànyīnliè)

 

See also

• 散音 (sànyīn)
• 按音 (ànyīn)