靡靡之音

靡靡之音

Chinese

		slow; tender; lewd slow; tender; lewd; decadent	's; him/her/it; this	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (靡靡之音)		靡靡	之	音
variant forms		糜糜之音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐmǐzhīyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ mei⁵ zi¹ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǐmǐzhīyīn [Phonetic: mímǐzhīyīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓ ㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miimiijyin
    • IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ mei⁵ zi¹ jam¹
    • Yale: méih méih jī yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ mei⁵ dzi¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ méi⁵ ji¹ yem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ mei̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

靡靡之音

1. decadent or obscene music; cheap, low-class tunes; popular music

Synonyms

• 桑間之音／桑间之音 (sāngjiānzhīyīn)
• 濮上之音 (púshàngzhīyīn)
• 靡靡之樂／靡靡之乐 (mǐmǐzhīyuè)