读音 meaning in English
pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
Meaning of 读音
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- pronunciation
- literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
How to use 读音
读音 usually refers to how a character or word is pronounced, and it is common when talking about dictionaries, tones, or characters with more than one reading. Example: 这个字有两个读音。(Zhège zì yǒu liǎng gè dúyīn.) This character has two pronunciations.
读 (dú) means to read and 音 (yīn) means sound, so 读音 is the sound you make when you read something aloud. Picture yourself reading a character out loud and hearing its sound.
Common mistake: Learners often write 读 with the wrong tone, saying dǔ or dù, but here it is second tone dú. Also, 读音 talks about the pronunciation of a written character, while 声音 (shēngyīn) is any sound or a person's voice, so do not say 他的读音很好听 when you mean his voice sounds nice.
读音 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
读 dú · to read out · 10 strokes
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音 yīn · sound · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 读音.
| 读书 | dúshū | to read a book; to study |
| 声音 | shēngyīn | sound; voice |
| 音乐 | yīnyuè | music |
| 音乐会 | yīnyuèhuì | concert |
| 音节 | yīnjié | syllable |
| 录音 | lùyīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段[duan4]) |
| 收音机 | shōuyīnjī | radio |
| 读者 | dúzhě | reader |
| 阅读 | yuèdú | to read |
| 语音 | yǔyīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 朗读 | lǎngdú | to read aloud |
| 录音机 | lùyīnjī | (tape) recording machine; tape recorder |
Questions about 读音
What does 读音 mean?
读音 (dúyīn) means "pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 读音?
读音 is made of 2 characters: 读 (10 strokes), 音 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 读音 an HSK word?
Yes. 读音 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 读音 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 读音 is written 讀音.
What is the difference between 读音 and 发音?
读音 is the standard pronunciation that a character or word has, like the reading listed in a dictionary. 发音 (fāyīn) is more about how a person produces sounds, so you would say 你的发音很好 (your pronunciation is good) rather than using 读音 to praise someone's speaking.
What does literary pronunciation mean for 读音?
Some characters have a formal reading used in written or classical words and a different colloquial reading used in everyday speech. In that narrower sense, 读音 can mean the literary reading, as opposed to the spoken one.