妙音

Chinese

		clever; wonderful	sound; noise; news
trad. (妙音)		妙	音
simp. ^#(妙音)		妙	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miàoyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miàoyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miàoyin
  - Wade–Giles: miao⁴-yin¹
  - Yale: myàu-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miawin
  - Palladius: мяоинь (mjaoinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ in⁵⁵/

Noun

妙音

(literary) sing-song girl; woman whose profession involves singing and dancing
(literary) wonderful sound; glorious music

Synonyms

(sing-song girl): 歌伎 (gējì), (literary) 花花 (huāhuā)

Derived terms

妙音天女

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妙音):

→ Japanese: 妙(みょう)音(おん) (myōon)
→ Korean: 묘음(妙音) (myoeum)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妙	音
みょう Grade: S	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みょーおん [myòóóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

妙(みょう)音(おん) • (myōon) ^{←めうおん (meuon)^?}

(literary) wonderful sound

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN