飙高音

飆高音

biāogāoyīn

phrase

Meanings

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

Characters

to surge / rocket

Examples

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.

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 (pòyīn, voice crack) as the common failure mode.

Stroke Order

飙 biāo

高 gāo

音 yīn