音階

音階

See also: 音阶

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	rank or step; stairs
trad. (音階)		音	階
simp. (音阶)		音	阶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnjiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ gaai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): im-kai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīnjiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: injie
    • IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ gaai¹
    • Yale: yām gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ gai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ käːi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-kai
    • Tâi-lô: im-kai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imkay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² kaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ kaɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² kaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ kaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ kaɪ⁴⁴/

Noun

音階

1. (music) scale

Derived terms

五聲音階／五声音阶 (wǔshēng yīnjiē) 半音階／半音阶 (bànyīnjiē) 大調音階／大调音阶

大音階／大音阶 (dàyīnjiē) 小調音階／小调音阶 小音階／小音阶 (xiǎoyīnjiē)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	階
おん Grade: 1	かい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

音階 (hiragana おんかい, rōmaji onkai)

1. musical scale

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 五音音階: pentatonic scale
• 全音階: diatonic scale
• 半音階: chromatic scale

• 長音階: major scale
• 短音階: minor scale
• 旋律的短音階: melodic minor scale
• 和声的短音階: harmonic minor scale

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
音	階

Noun

音階

1. Hán tự form of âm giai (“musical scale”).