破音

pòyīn

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

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.

HSK 4

破音了也没关系，继续唱！

Pòyīn le yě méiguānxi, jìxù chàng!

So what if your voice cracked, keep singing!

HSK 7-9

唱到高音那里我破音了。

Chàng dào gāoyīn nàlǐ wǒ pòyīn le.

I cracked on that high note.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

破 pò

音 yīn