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音速 meaning in English

yīnsù

speed of sound

19 strokes

Meaning of 音速

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yīnsù
  1. speed of sound

音速 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

超chāo音yīn速sù飞fēi行xíng被bèi认rèn为wéi是shì不bù可kě能néng的de。
Flight faster than sound was thought to be impossible.
光guāng速sù比bǐ音yīn速sù快kuài很hěn多duō。
Light is much faster than sound.
光guāng速sù比bǐ音yīn速sù快kuài，所suǒ以yǐ某mǒu些xiē人rén在zài开kāi口kǒu前qián，看kàn起qǐ来lái还hái挺tǐng聪cōng明míng的de。
It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

音 yīn · sound · 9 strokes

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速 sù · prompt · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 音速.

声音shēngyīnsound; voice
音乐yīnyuèmusic
音乐会yīnyuèhuìconcert
音节yīnjiésyllable
读音dúyīnpronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
速度sùdùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
快速kuàisùfast; high-speed; rapid
录音lùyīnto record sound; an audio recording (CL:段[duan4])
收音机shōuyīnjīradio
高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway; highway; freeway
高速gāosùhigh speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4])
迅速xùnsùrapid; speedy

Questions about 音速

What does 音速 mean?

音速 (yīnsù) means "speed of sound".

How do you write 音速?

音速 is made of 2 characters: 音 (9 strokes), 速 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.