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颤音

顫音
chànyīn
noun #32,520

Meanings

  1. 1 vibrato (music)
  2. 2 trill (phonetics)

Examples

她唱高音的时候颤音特别好听。
Tā chàng gāoyīn de shíhou chànyīn tèbié hǎotīng.
Her vibrato sounds especially beautiful on the high notes.
西班牙语的r是一个颤音。
Xībānyáyǔ de r shì yí ge chànyīn.
The Spanish r is a trill.

Tips

usage
In music: the slight pitch oscillation a singer or string player adds to a sustained note. In linguistics: a consonant like Spanish rolled r or Russian р. Note that Douyin (TikTok) in Chinese is 抖音 dǒuyīn, not 颤音 — different word.

Stroke Order

颤 chàn
音 yīn