Meaning of 音像
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- audio and video
- audiovisual
How to use 音像
音像 is a fairly formal word used mostly in compounds about media products and recordings, such as 音像制品 (yīnxiàng zhìpǐn, audiovisual products) or 音像店 (yīnxiàng diàn, a shop selling CDs and DVDs). Example: 这家音像店已经关门了。(Zhè jiā yīnxiàng diàn yǐjīng guānmén le.) This audio and video shop has already closed.
音 (yīn) means sound, as in 声音 (shēngyīn), and 像 (xiàng) means image or likeness. Put sound and image together and you get audio and video.
Common mistake: Learners often write 象 (xiàng, elephant) instead of 像 in this word. In 音像 the character has the person radical 亻, because it refers to an image or likeness.
音像 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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音 yīn · sound · 9 strokes
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像 xiàng · to resemble · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 音像.
| 好像 | hǎoxiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 声音 | shēngyīn | sound; voice |
| 音乐 | yīnyuè | music |
| 音乐会 | yīnyuèhuì | concert |
| 音节 | yīnjié | syllable |
| 读音 | dúyīn | pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 录音 | lùyīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段[duan4]) |
| 收音机 | shōuyīnjī | radio |
| 语音 | yǔyīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 摄像机 | shèxiàngjī | video camera |
| 偶像 | ǒuxiàng | idol |
| 摄像 | shèxiàng | to videotape |
Questions about 音像
What does 音像 mean?
音像 (yīnxiàng) means "audio and video; audiovisual" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 音像?
音像 is made of 2 characters: 音 (9 strokes), 像 (13 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.
Is 音像 an HSK word?
Yes. 音像 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Is 音像 the same as 视频 (shìpín)?
Not quite. 视频 means a video, especially online video, and is very common in daily speech. 音像 covers both audio and video together and sounds more formal or old-fashioned, often linked to physical media like tapes, CDs and DVDs.
Can I use 音像 on its own in a sentence?
It is usually used before another noun, like 音像资料 (yīnxiàng zīliào, audiovisual materials) or 音像出版社 (yīnxiàng chūbǎnshè, audiovisual publisher). Using it alone as a full noun is less natural in everyday Chinese.