高音

Chinese

		high; tall	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (高音)		高	音
anagram		音高

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ jam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-yîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyin
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-yin¹
    • Yale: gāu-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauin
    • Palladius: гаоинь (gaoinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ jam¹
    • Yale: gōu yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ im^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ (r)im^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 高音

1. (music) high pitch; high-pitched voice; treble

   飆高音／飙高音  ―  biāo gāoyīn  ―  to sing the high notes

Antonyms

• 低音 (dīyīn)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高	音
こう Grade: 2	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーおん [kòóóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

高(こう)音(おん) • (kōon) ^{←かうおん (kauon)?}

1. high pitch

   Synonym: たかね (takane)

   Antonym: 低音 (teion)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
高	音
たか Grade: 2	ね Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 高音 – see the following entry.

【たかね】 [noun] 高音: high-pitched tone; soprano

(This term, 高音, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)