音色

音色

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (音色)		音	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ sik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): im-siak / im-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīnsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inseh
    • IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ sik¹
    • Yale: yām sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ xig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-siak
    • Tâi-lô: im-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ ɕiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-sek
    • Tâi-lô: im-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/

Noun

音色

1. (music) timbre

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	色
おん Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
音	色
ね Grade: 1	いろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compare German Klangfarbe (literally “sound-color”) and English tone color.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ねいろ [nèíró] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ne̞iɾo̞]

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おんしょく [òńshókú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) お​んしょく [óꜜǹshòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

音色 (hiragana ねいろ, rōmaji neiro, alternative reading おんしょく, rōmaji onshoku)

1. timbre

   バイオリンの音 (ね)色 (いろ)

   baiorin no neiro

   the sound of a violin

   • 林芙美子, 『鶴の笛』

     すると、しばらくして、何 (なん)ともいえない美 (うつく)しい笛 (ふえ)の音 (ね)色 (いろ)がきこえました。

     Suru to, shibarakushite, nan to mo ienai utsukushii fue no neiro ga kikoemashita.

     But then, for a moment, the beautiful sound of a flute could be heard.

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
音	色

Noun

音色

1. Hán tự form of âm sắc (“timbre”).