Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

五音

wǔyīn

ㄨˇ ㄧㄣ

  1. 1five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
  2. 2five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
Example

他不知道他自己五音不全。

tā bù zhīdào tā zìjǐ wǔyīnbùquán

He doesn't realise that he's tone deaf.

Keep 五音 and it comes back until you know it.

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