音色

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (音色)		音	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-siak / im-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinsè
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: yīn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inseh
    • Palladius: иньсэ (inʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ sik¹
    • Yale: yām sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-siak
    • Tâi-lô: im-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-sek
    • Tâi-lô: im-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/

Noun

音色

1. (music) timbre

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	色
おん Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
音	色
ね Grade: 1	いろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compare German Klangfarbe (literally “sound-color”) and English tone color.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねいろ [nèíró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞iɾo̞]

• (Tokyo) おんしょく [òńshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) お​んしょく [óꜜǹshòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

音(ね)色(いろ) or 音(おん)色(しょく) • (neiro or onshoku) 

1. timbre

   バイオリンの音(ね)色(いろ)

   baiorin no neiro

   the sound of a violin

   • 林芙美子, 『鶴の笛』

     すると、しばらくして、何(なん)ともいえない美(うつく)しい笛(ふえ)の音(ね)色(いろ)がきこえました。[1]

     Suru to, shibarakushite, nan to mo ienai utsukushii fue no neiro ga kikoemashita.

     But then, for a moment, the beautiful sound of a flute could be heard.

Usage notes

• onshoku is preferred in the field of music, while neiro is the informal, more loosely-used term.

Korean

Hanja in this term
音	色

Noun

音色 • (eumsaek) (hangeul 음색)

1. Hanja form^? of 음색 (“timbre”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
音	色

Noun

音色

1. chữ Hán form of âm sắc (“timbre”).