HSK 6 · Science

音响 yīnxiǎng “audio system” in Chinese

Traditional 音響

What 音响 means

  1. audio system
  2. speakers
  3. acoustics
  4. sound
  5. audio
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • hi-fi system
  • stereo sound system (abbr. for 组合音响)

How to say 音响

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale音yīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale响xiǎng3rd tone, dipping

音响 in a sentence

  1. 我买了一套新的音响。

    Wǒ mǎi le yí tào xīn de yīnxiǎng.

    I bought a new sound system.

    Sentence #14007946 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 乐队正在进行音响测试。

    Yuèduì zhèngzài jìnxíng yīnxiǎng cèshì.

    The band is doing a sound check.

    Sentence #13573942 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 音响 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 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.

The character 响 (xiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
响xiǎngecho
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 向towards · xiàngSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 向 (xiàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎng.

How to write 音响

音 9 strokes · 响 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 音响

Words with 音

音乐yīnyuè · music声音shēngyīn · sound拼音pīnyīn · pinyin (romanised Chinese)录音lùyīn · to record (sound)口音kǒuyīn · accent噪音zàoyīn · noise收音机shōuyīnjī · radio

Words with 响

影响yǐngxiǎng · influence响xiǎng · echo响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to响亮xiǎngliàng · loud and clear

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FAQs

音响 (yīnxiǎng) means “audio system” or “speakers”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yīnxiǎng: yīn with a 1st tone, then xiǎng with a 3rd 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, 音响 is written 音響. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 音响 from the suggestions. Typing yinxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
音响 is an HSK 6 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.