鼻音
bí yīn
Pinyin

Definition

鼻音
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bí yīn
  1. nasal sound

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

声音
shēng yīn
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
观音
Guān yīn
  1. 1 Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
语音
yǔ yīn
  1. 1 speech sounds
  2. 2 pronunciation
  3. 3 colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
  4. 4 phonetic
  5. 5 audio
  6. 6 voice
  7. 7 (Internet) to voice chat
  8. 8 voice message
音
yīn
  1. 1 sound
  2. 2 noise
  3. 3 note (of musical scale)
  4. 4 tone
  5. 5 news
  6. 6 syllable
  7. 7 reading (phonetic value of a character)
音乐
yīn yuè
  1. 1 music
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],曲[qǔ],段[duàn]
鼻子
bí zi
  1. 1 nose
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]
五音不全
wǔ yīn bù quán
  1. 1 tone deaf
  2. 2 unable to sing in tune
低音
dī yīn
  1. 1 bass
北鼻
běi bí
  1. 1 baby (loanword)
口音
kǒu yīn
  1. 1 oral speech sounds (linguistics)
嗓音
sǎng yīn
  1. 1 voice
嗤之以鼻
chī zhī yǐ bí
  1. 1 to snort disdainfully
  2. 2 to scoff at
  3. 3 to turn up one's nose
噪音
zào yīn
  1. 1 rumble
  2. 2 noise
  3. 3 static (in a signal)
回音
huí yīn
  1. 1 echo
  2. 2 reply
  3. 3 turn (ornament in music)
定音
dìng yīn
  1. 1 to call the tune
  2. 2 to make the final decision
影音
yǐng yīn
  1. 1 recorded media (CD and DVD)
  2. 2 sound and movies
拼音
pīn yīn
  1. 1 phonetic writing
  2. 2 pinyin (Chinese romanization)
播音
bō yīn
  1. 1 to transmit
  2. 2 to broadcast
扑鼻
pū bí
  1. 1 to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
收音机
shōu yīn jī
  1. 1 radio
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]

Idioms (10)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
异香扑鼻
yì xiāng pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
  1. 1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
  2. 2 sth hard to come by
  3. 3 sth wonderful and rare
听话听声，锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
  1. 1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
香味扑鼻
xiāng wèi pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
鼻青眼肿
bí qīng yǎn zhǒng
  1. 1 a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face
  2. 2 fig. a setback
  3. 3 a defeat

Sample Sentences

后鼻音
hòubíyīn
Velar nasal sounds.
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前鼻音
qiánbíyīn
Alveolar nasal sounds.
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大多数的南方人，前鼻音和后鼻音都不太分。
dàduōshù de nánfāngrén ，qiánbíyīn hé hòubíyīn dōu bùtài fēn 。
The majority of southerners don't really distinguish alveolar and velar nasal sounds.
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北方人，有的东北人，他的后鼻音发得特别靠后，也有点奇怪。
běifāngrén ，yǒude Dōngběi rén ，tā de hòubíyīn fā de tèbié kào hòu ，yě yǒudiǎn qíguài 。
People from the north and some people from the northeast have especially strong and somewhat strange velar nasal sounds.
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