八音

Chinese

		eight	sound; noise; news
trad. (八音)		八	音
simp. #(八音)		八	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ jam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-yîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bayin
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-yin¹
    • Yale: bā-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bain
    • Palladius: баинь (bainʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ jam¹
    • Yale: baat yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` im´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad<sup>5</sup> yim<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² im²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` (r)im´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² (j)im²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-im
    • Tâi-lô: pat-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pat'ym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ im³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ im⁴⁴/

Noun

八音

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 八 (bā),‎ 音 (yīn).
2. (music) an ancient Chinese system of classifying musical instruments into eight materials
3. (music) any one of a variety of genres of traditional instrumental ensemble music, mostly originating in southern China and Taiwan

Derived terms

• 八音盒 (bāyīnhé)
• 安腔八音
• 戚林八音
• 玉林八音

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	音
はち > はっ Grade: 1	いん > ちん Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Kanji in this term
八	音
はち Grade: 1	いん Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Kanji in this term
八	音
はち > はっ Grade: 1	おん > とん Grade: 1
goon

Kanji in this term
八	音
はち Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 八音. The on reading for 音 changes to ton as an instance of renjō (連声). The in reading for 音 changes to chin as an instance of renjō (連声).

Noun

八(はち)音(おん) or 八(はっ)音(とん) or 八(はち)音(いん) or 八(はっ)音(ちん) • (hachion or hatton or hachiin or hatchin) 

1. (music) an ancient Chinese system of classifying musical instruments into eight materials

See also

• 金(きん) (kin)
• 石(せき) (seki)
• 糸(し) (shi)
• 竹(ちく) (chiku)
• 匏(ほう) (hō)
• 土(ど) (do)
• 革(かく) (kaku)
• 木(もく) (moku)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
八	音

Noun

八音 • (bát âm)

1. chữ Hán form of bát âm (“musical instrument classification system”).