破音

pòyīn

verb

Meanings

1 to crack one's voice (while singing)
2 voice break

Characters

Examples

唱到高音那里我破音了。

Chàng dào gāoyīn nàlǐ wǒ pòyīn le.

I cracked on that high note.

他一紧张就容易破音。

Tā yì jǐnzhāng jiù róngyì pòyīn.

He tends to crack his voice when he gets nervous.

破音了也没关系，继续唱！

Pòyīn le yě méi guānxi, jìxù chàng!

So what if your voice cracked, keep singing!

Tips

usage

Core KTV vocabulary. Compare with 跑调 (pǎodiào, off-key), 飙高音 (biāo gāoyīn, to belt a high note), and 五音不全 (tone deaf).

Stroke Order

破 pò

音 yīn