音波

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	wave; (Cantonese) ball
simp. and trad. (音波)		音	波
anagram		波音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnbō

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄅㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ bo¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-pho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnbō
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinbo
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-po¹
    • Yale: yīn-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inbo
    • Palladius: иньбо (inʹbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ bo¹
    • Yale: yām bō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ bo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ bo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-pho
    • Tâi-lô: im-pho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imphoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ pʰo³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 音波

1. (physics) sound wave

Synonyms

• 聲波／声波 (shēngbō)
• (dated) 聲浪／声浪 (shēnglàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (音波):

• → Japanese: 音波(おんぱ) (onpa)
• → Korean: 음파(音波) (eumpa)
• → Vietnamese: âm ba (音波)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	波
おん Grade: 1	は > ぱ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

音(おん)波(ぱ) • (onpa) 

1. sound wave

Derived terms

• 超音波(ちょうおんぱ) (chōonpa): ultrasound