飙高音

飆高音

biāo gāoyīn

phrase

Meanings

1 to belt out a high note
2 to hit the high notes

Characters

to surge / rocket

Examples

HSK 7-9

他一飙高音整个包间都嗨了。

Tā yī biāo gāoyīn zhěnggè bāojiān dōu hāi le.

The moment he belted out the high notes, the whole KTV room went wild.

HSK 7-9

这首歌副歌要飙高音，我唱不上去。

Zhè shǒu gē fùgē yào biāo gāoyīn, wǒ chàng bù shàngqù.

The chorus of this song needs a high belt, I can't hit it.

Tips

usage

飙 originally means 'to surge / speed'; here it's the force of pushing the voice up. Staple KTV vocabulary; pairs with 破音 (voice crack) as the common failure mode.

Stroke Order

飙 biāo

高 gāo

音 yīn