音聲

See also: 音声

Chinese

	sound; noise; news	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (音聲)	音	聲
simp. (音声)	音	声
anagram	聲音／声音

Etymology

The sense used in ACG is a narrowing of Japanese 音声 (onsei).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinsheng
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: yīn-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: insheng
  - Palladius: иньшэн (inʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ sing¹
  - Yale: yām sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'im syeng

Rime
Character	音	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於金切	書盈切
Baxter	'im	syeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiɪm/	/ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚim/	/ɕiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiem/	/ɕiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjim/	/ɕiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔjəm/	/ɕiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ĭĕm/	/ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əm/	/ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn	shēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam¹	sing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[q](r)əm [l̥]eŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qrɯm qʰjeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	音	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yīn	shēng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔim ›	‹ syeng ›
Old Chinese	/*[q](r)əm/	/*[l̥]eŋ/
English	sound, tone	sound (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	音	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15223	10514
Phonetic component	音	殸
Rime group	侵	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	音	聲
Old Chinese	/*qrɯm/	/*qʰjeŋ/

Noun

音聲

(literary) music (series of sounds organized in time)
(literary or ACG) sound
同人音聲／同人音声 ― tóngrén yīnshēng ― doujin voice recording

Synonyms

(music):

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弦歌 (xiángē) (figurative)
樂 / 乐 (literary, or in compounds)
音樂 / 音乐 (yīnyuè)

(sound):

Dialectal synonyms of 聲音 (“voice; sound”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聲音, 聲響, 響聲, 響, 聲, 音, 音聲, 音響 acoustics
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聲兒, 聲音
	Taiwan	聲音
	Malaysia	聲音
	Singapore	聲音
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聲音, 聲兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	聲音, 聲
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	聲氣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	聲氣, 聲音
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	聲氣, 聲音
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	聲音, 聲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	聲音
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聲音, 聲
	Hong Kong	聲, 聲音
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	聲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	聲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	聲
	Taishan	聲
	Yangjiang	聲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	聲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聲
Gan	Nanchang	聲氣
	Lichuan	聲
	Pingxiang	聲
Hakka	Meixian	聲音, 聲
	Huiyang	聲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	聲
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	聲
	Wengyuan	聲音
	Liannan	聲
	Jiexi	聲
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	聲
	Changting	聲氣
	Wuping (Yanqian)	聲音
	Ninghua	聲音
	Ningdu	聲音
	Shangyou (Shexi)	聲音
	Tonggu (Sandu)	聲音
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	聲音
	Dayu	聲響
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聲音, 聲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聲音, 聲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聲音, 聲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聲音, 聲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聲音, 聲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聲音
	Hong Kong	聲音, 聲
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	聲
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	聲音
	Xinyi (Sihe)	聲
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	聲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	聲
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	聲
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	聲
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	聲, 聲音
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	聲
	Mengshan (Xihe)	聲音
	Luchuan	聲音
	Senai (Huiyang)	聲
Huizhou	Jixi	聲音
Jin	Taiyuan	聲音, 音聲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聲音
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聲音, 聲
Southern Min	Xiamen	聲, 聲說 voice
	Quanzhou	聲, 聲說 voice
	Zhangzhou	聲, 聲說 voice
	Taipei	聲 GT, 聲說 GT, voice
	Kaohsiung	聲
	Yilan	聲
	Changhua (Lukang)	聲
	Taichung	聲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	聲
	Tainan	聲
	Taitung	聲音
	Hsinchu	聲
	Penghu (Magong)	聲
	Penang (Hokkien)	聲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聲
	Manila (Hokkien)	聲
	Chaozhou	聲
	Shantou	聲
	Jieyang	聲
	Haifeng	聲說
	Bangkok (Teochew)	聲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	聲
	Singapore (Teochew)	聲
	Leizhou	聲
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	聲
Wu	Shanghai	聲音
	Shanghai (Chongming)	聲音
	Suzhou	聲音, 響聲
	Ningbo	聲音, 聲響
	Wenzhou	聲音, 聲響
Xiang	Changsha	聲音
	Loudi	聲
	Shuangfeng	聲音, 聲響
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (音聲):

→ Japanese: 音声(おんせい) (onsei)
→ Korean: 음성(音聲) (eumseong)
→ Vietnamese: âm thanh (音聲)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	聲
おん Grade: 1	せい Hyōgai
on'yomi

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

【音声おんせい】

[noun] speech sound, voice

[noun] audio, the sound from a television etc.

(This term, 音聲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
音	聲

Noun

音聲 • (eumseong) (hangeul 음성)

hanja form^? of 음성 (“voice”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
音	聲

Noun

音聲

chữ Hán form of âm thanh (“sound”)