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Pronunciation in Chinese: 读音 (dú yīn)

dú yīn

pronunciation

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 讀音1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1pronunciation
  2. 2literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

Stroke order

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ㄉㄨˊ

dú

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄧㄣ

yīn

ㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

读音

Simplified

讀音

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个字的读音我不知道。

    zhè ge zì de dú yīn wǒ bù zhī dào。

    I don't know how to pronounce this character.

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Related words

读

dú

to read out

声音

shēng yīn

voice

音乐

yīn yuè

music

阅读

yuè dú

to read

录音

lù yīn

to record (sound)

读书

dú shū

to read a book

音节

yīn jié

syllable

读者

dú zhě

reader

语音

yǔ yīn

speech sounds

朗读

lǎng dú

to read aloud

音量

yīn liàng

loudness

音像

yīn xiàng

audio and video

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