HSK 3 · Education, Work

音乐 yīnyuè “music” in Chinese

Traditional 音樂

What 音乐 means

  1. music

Measure word 张 zhāng or 曲 qǔ · 一张音乐 yì zhāng yīnyuè

How to say 音乐

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale乐yuè4th tone, falling

音乐 in a sentence

  1. 我正在听音乐。

    Wǒ zhèngzài tīng yīnyuè.

    I’m listening to music.

    Sentence #804865 from Tatoeba

  2. “她喜欢音乐。”“我也是。”

    "Tā xǐhuan yīnyuè." "Wǒ yě shì."

    “She likes music.” “So do I.”

    Sentence #334470 from Tatoeba

  3. 她在自己的房间里听音乐。

    Tā zài zìjǐ de fángjiān lǐ tīng yīnyuè.

    She listened to music in her own room.

    Sentence #1766180 from Tatoeba

How 音乐 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 乐 (yuè) drawn as one shape
乐yuèmusic

乐 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidTraditionally explained as 樂, a musical instrument on a wooden stand 木: music, and the joy it brings.

How to write 音乐

音 9 strokes · 乐 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 音乐

Words with 音

声音shēngyīn · sound拼音pīnyīn · pinyin (romanised Chinese)录音lùyīn · to record (sound)口音kǒuyīn · accent音响yīnxiǎng · audio system噪音zàoyīn · noise收音机shōuyīnjī · radio

Words with 乐

快乐kuàilè · happy娱乐yúlè · to entertain乐观lèguān · optimistic乐器yuèqì · musical instrument俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)欢乐huānlè · joy乐趣lèqù · delight乐意lèyì · willing乐谱yuèpǔ · sheet music天伦之乐tiānlúnzhīlè · family happiness

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FAQs

音乐 (yīnyuè) means “music”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it yīnyuè: yīn with a 1st tone, then yuè with a 4th 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, 音乐 is written 音樂. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 张 (zhāng) or 曲 (qǔ). For example, one music is 一张音乐 (yì zhāng yīnyuè).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinyue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 音乐 from the suggestions. Typing yinyue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
音乐 is an HSK 3 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.