分贝

分貝

fēnbèi

measure word #35,647

Meanings

1 decibel (dB)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

普通谈话大约六十分贝。

Pǔtōng tánhuà dàyuē liùshí fēnbèi.

Ordinary conversation is about sixty decibels.

HSK 5

噪音超过八十分贝就会伤害听力。

Zàoyīn chāoguò bāshí fēnbèi jiù huì shānghài tīnglì.

Noise over eighty decibels can damage your hearing.

Tips

memory

分 means 'tenth' and 贝 transliterates 'bel' (after Alexander Graham Bell). A decibel is literally one-tenth of a bel.

Stroke Order

分 fēn

贝 bèi