滑音

Chinese

		comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth	sound; noise; news
trad. (滑音)		滑	音
simp. #(滑音)		滑	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáyin
    • Wade–Giles: hua²-yin¹
    • Yale: hwá-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwain
    • Palladius: хуаинь (xuainʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat⁶ jam¹
    • Yale: waaht yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚² jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

滑音

1. (music) glissando; portamento; sliding tone

Usage notes

• A musical technique that is often executed on the guzheng (a Chinese long plucked zither) and other traditional Chinese musical instruments.

Synonyms

• 滑奏 (huázòu)
• 滑奏部 (huázòubù)
• 滑奏法 (huázòufǎ)