HSK 6 · Nature

噪音 zàoyīn “noise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 噪音 means

  1. noise
  2. rumble
  3. static (in a signal)

How to say 噪音

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale噪zào4th 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

噪音 in a sentence

  1. 噪音把她吵醒了。

    Zàoyīn bǎ tā chǎoxǐng le.

    The noise woke her up.

    Sentence #1399199 from Tatoeba

  2. 由于噪音，我无法集中精力工作了。

    Yóuyú zàoyīn, wǒ wúfǎ jízhōng jīnglì gōngzuò le.

    Because of the noise, I can’t concentrate on my work.

    Sentence #787537 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她叫我们不要制造噪音。

    Tā jiào wǒmen búyào zhìzào zàoyīn.

    She told us not to make any noise.

    Sentence #346929 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 噪音 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 噪 (zào) with each of its parts in a different colour
噪zàoto chirp
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 喿the sound of birds chirping · sào
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 噪音

噪 16 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.

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

Words related to 噪音

Words with 音

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FAQs

噪音 (zàoyīn) means “noise” or “rumble”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zàoyīn: zào 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.
Yes. 噪音 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaoyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 噪音 from the suggestions. Typing zaoyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
噪音 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.