yīn = y + (e)n1
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How to pronounce 音

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ (e)n1 final

In front of the encampment.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

音 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= r + Ø4
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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= r + Ø4
sun / day / date, day of the month
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= li + Ø4
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
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Characters with 音 as component

= y + Ø4
Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]
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= y + Ø4
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
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= y + Ø4
Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
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Words with 音

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alveo-palatal sound (linguistics)

Sentences with 音

tài
shàng
lǎo
jūn
 
 
nán
hǎi
guān
yīn
 
 
bǎi
luó
hàn

Want to remember 音 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

yīn

sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)

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