HSK 5 · Science

录音 lùyīn “to record (sound)” in Chinese

Traditional 錄音

What 录音 means

  1. to record (sound)
  2. sound recording
  3. an audio recording

How to say 录音

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale录lù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale音yīn1st tone, high and level

录音 in a sentence

  1. 我的磁带录音机需要维修。

    Wǒ de cídài lùyīnjī xūyào wéixiū.

    My cassette recorder needs repairing.

    Sentence #14023294 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 老师用录音机放音乐。

    Lǎoshī yòng lùyīnjī fàng yīnyuè.

    The teacher played music on a tape recorder.

    Sentence #6835401 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这是你的录音机吗？

    Zhè shì nǐ de lùyīnjī ma?

    Is this your tape recorder?

    Sentence #353491 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 录音 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 录 (lù) with each of its parts in a different colour
录lùto carve wood
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 氺part of the character
The character 音 (yīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
音yīnsound
  • 立stand · lì
  • 日sun · rì

Memory aidOnce written as 言 “speech” with a mark in the mouth: a sound, a note.

How to write 录音

录 8 strokes · 音 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

录音 (lùyīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 录音 (lùyīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 录音

Words with 录

纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)记录jìlù · to record录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)目录mùlù · catalogue登录dēnglù · to log in备忘录bèiwànglù · memorandum

Words with 音

音乐yīnyuè · music声音shēngyīn · sound拼音pīnyīn · pinyin (romanised Chinese)口音kǒuyīn · accent音响yīnxiǎng · audio system噪音zàoyīn · noise收音机shōuyīnjī · radio

More words: Science & Technology

复制fùzhì · to duplicate机器jīqì · machine键盘jiànpán · keyboard浏览liúlǎn · to skim over麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software删除shānchú · to delete设备shèbèi · equipment

FAQs

录音 (lùyīn) means “to record (sound)” or “sound recording”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lùyīn: lù with a 4th tone, then yīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 录音 is written 錄音. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 录音 from the suggestions. Typing luyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
录音 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.