修音

xiūyīn

verb

Meanings

1 to retune; to adjust the timbre/loudness of an instrument (esp. organ)
2 (modern) to do audio post-processing; to autotune a vocal recording

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Examples

录音师正在给这首歌修音。

Lùyīn shī zhèngzài gěi zhè shǒu gē xiū yīn.

The audio engineer is doing post-processing on this song.

她唱歌跑调，全靠后期修音。

Tā chànggē pǎodiào, quán kào hòuqī xiū yīn.

She sings off-key — it's all fixed in post with autotune.

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usage

Originally meant voicing a pipe organ (adjusting each pipe's timbre). Now overwhelmingly used in pop-music contexts to mean autotune/pitch correction — often pejoratively, implying the singer can't actually hold a tune. 修 (xiū) = 'fix/adjust', 音 (yīn) = 'sound'.

Stroke Order

修 xiū

音 yīn