Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

sound; noise; news

Chinese: 声音、读音或消息。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “yin” becomes a different word in each tone. 音 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 音乐yīn yuèmusic
  • 声音shēng yīnvoice; sound
  • 音乐会yīn yuè huìconcert
  • 音节yīn jiésyllable
  • 读音dú yīnpronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

Example Sentence

这个字的发音有点儿难。Zhè ge zì de fā yīn yǒu diǎnr nán.The pronunciation of this character is a bit difficult.

这个zhè ge(pronoun) thisletterdeof发音fā yīnto pronounce有点儿yǒu diǎn rslightlynándifficult (to...)