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音响

yīnxiǎng

sound system; acoustics

A person adjusts a large speaker beside a stage, with a cinnabar red speaker cone
Memory picture

Characters in this word

音 yīn

Strokes
9
Radical
音 — sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
Made of
立 to stand 日 sun
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 音

响 xiǎng

Strokes
9
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 向 towards
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 会议中心的音响经过重新调试,后排观众也能听清每一句发言。 Huìyì zhōngxīn de yīnxiǎng jīngguò chóngxīn tiáoshì, hòupái guānzhòng yě néng tīngqīng měi yí jù fāyán. After the sound system in the conference centre was readjusted, even the audience in the back rows could hear every sentence clearly.
  • 他花了很多钱买了一套新的音响,音质特别好。 Tā huāle hěnduō qián mǎile yī tào xīn de yīnxiǎng, yīnzhì tèbié hǎo. He spent a lot of money on a new sound system; the sound quality is excellent.
  • 这家电影院的音响效果特别好,观众都很满意。 Zhè jiā diànyǐngyuàn de yīnxiǎng xiàoguǒ tèbié hǎo, guānzhòng dōu hěn mǎnyì. The sound at this cinema is especially good; the audience is very satisfied.

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