定音

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (定音)		定	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngyin
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: dìng-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqin
    • Palladius: динъинь (dinʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ jam¹
    • Yale: dihng yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² jɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

定音

1. (music) to set the tune; to determine the pitch; to tune
2. (figurative) to make the final decision; to decide (authoritatively); to give the final word
3. to settle on a pronunciation (of a Chinese character)

   據義定音／据义定音  ―  jùyì dìngyīn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 一槌定音 (yīchuídìngyīn)
• 一錘定音／一锤定音 (yīchuídìngyīn)
• 定音鼓 (dìngyīngǔ)