七音

Chinese

		seven	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (七音)		七	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ jam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiin
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cat¹ jam¹
  - Yale: chāt yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ yem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

七音

seven sounds
1. (music) heptatonic scale patterns
2. (linguistics) The seven classes of initials in Middle Chinese: velar, "lingual", labial, dental, laryngeal, lateral and dorsal sounds.
3. (linguistics) seven tones (in a Chinese dialect)

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