yīn yì

Traditional: 音譯

音译 (yīn yì) is a Chinese word meaning “transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters); characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown); transcription (linguistics)”.

Meanings

  1. 1transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters)
  2. 2characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)
  3. 3transcription (linguistics)
  4. 4to transcribe phonetic symbols

Characters in 音译

音yīn · sound译yì · to translate

Related words

声音voice音乐music音sound录音to record sound口音(linguistics) oral speech sounds口音voice收音机radio音乐会concert噪音rumble嗓音voice语音speech sounds发音to pronounce

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