五音 in English wu3 yin1 Meaning

Meanings

  • five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
  • five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]

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Pinyin

wu3 yin1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

wu3five yin1sound