半音

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (半音)		半	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànyin
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: bàn-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannin
    • Palladius: баньинь (banʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ jam¹
    • Yale: bun yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

半音

1. (music) semitone; half-step

Synonyms

• 半度音 (bàndùyīn)

See also

• 小二度 (xiǎo'èrdù)
• 增一度 (zēngyīdù)
• 全音 (quányīn)