佳音

Chinese

		excellent	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (佳音)		佳	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ jam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-yîm
Eastern Min (BUC): gă-ĭng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-im / kee-im

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiayin
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-yin¹
  - Yale: jyā-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiain
  - Palladius: цзяинь (czjainʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai¹ jam¹
  - Yale: gāai yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ yem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-yîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˊ im^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ yim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-yîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˊ (r)im^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ yim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gă-ĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-im
  - Tâi-lô: ka-im
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ka'ym
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ im³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-im
  - Tâi-lô: kee-im
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/

Noun

佳音

(literary) good news

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佳音):

→ Japanese: 佳(か)音(いん) (kain)
→ Vietnamese: giai âm (佳音)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
佳	音
か Grade: S	いん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠ĩɴ]

Noun

佳(か)音(いん) • (kain)

(dated) good news

Synonyms

吉報(きっぽう) (kippō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
佳	音
か Grade: S	のん Grade: 1
on'yomi	irregular

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠nõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

佳(か)音(のん) • (Kanon)

a female given name