音樂

See also: 音乐 and 音楽

Chinese

	sound; noise; news	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (音樂)	音	樂
simp. (音乐)	音	乐
anagram	樂音／乐音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yīnyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄩㄝˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йинйүә (yinyüə, I-III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jam¹ ngok⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yim¹ ngok⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yîm-ngo̍k

(Hailu, HRS): rhim^ˋ ngog^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): yim¹ ngog⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): ĭng-ngŏk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ing¹ gah⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): im-ga̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): im¹ ghaoh⁸ / im¹ ngaoh⁸
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹in-yaq₈ / ¹in-yoq₈

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinyuè
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: yīn-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyueh
  - Palladius: иньюэ (inʹjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йинйүә (yinyüə, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²⁴ yə⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ ngok⁶
  - Yale: yām ngohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ ngok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ ngog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ ŋɔːk̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yim¹ ngok⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jim³³ ᵑɡɔk̚³²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-ngo̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: im^ˊ ngog
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹ ngog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /im²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋok̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-ngo̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)im^ˊ ngog
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹ ngog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)im²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋok̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhim^ˋ ngog^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒim⁵³ ŋok²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yim¹ ngog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /im⁴⁴ ŋɔk̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng-ngŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ŋouʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ing¹ gah⁷ [Phonetic: ing⁵ ngah⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ing-ga̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋaʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ing¹ gah⁷ [Phonetic: ing⁵ ngah⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋaʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-ga̍k
  - Tâi-lô: im-ga̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: imgak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ ɡak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² ɡak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /im⁴⁴⁻²² ɡak̚⁴³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² ɡak̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: im¹ ghaoh⁸ / im¹ ngaoh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: im ga̍uh / im nga̍uh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /im³³⁻²³ ɡauʔ⁴/, /im³³⁻²³ ŋauʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹in-yaq₈
  - MiniDict: in^平 yah^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-hhiaq₅
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ ɦiaʔ²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹in-yoq₈
  - MiniDict: in^平 yoh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /in⁴⁴ ɦioʔ/

Middle Chinese: 'im ngaewk

Rime
Character	音	樂
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	於金切	五角切
Baxter	'im	ngaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiɪm/	/ŋˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚim/	/ŋᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiem/	/ŋɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjim/	/ŋaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔjəm/	/ŋɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭĕm/	/ŋɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əm/	/ŋɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam¹	ngok⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[q](r)əm [ŋ]ˤrawk/

(Zhengzhang): /*qrɯm ŋraːwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	音	樂
Reading #	1/1	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yīn	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔim ›	‹ ngæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[q](r)əm/	/*[ŋ]ˁrawk/
English	sound, tone	music
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	音	樂
Reading #	1/1	3/3
No.	15223	7683
Phonetic component	音	樂
Rime group	侵	藥
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	音	嶽
Old Chinese	/*qrɯm/	/*ŋraːwɢ/

Noun

音樂

(countable, uncountable) music (series of sounds organized in time) (Classifier: 首; 段; 曲)
聽音樂／听音乐 ― tīng yīnyuè ― to listen to music

放音樂／放音乐 ― fàng yīnyuè ― to play music

嘻哈音樂／嘻哈音乐 ― xīhā yīnyuè ― hip-hop music

你喜歡什麼樣的音樂？ [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
你喜欢什么样的音乐？ [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
Nǐ xǐhuān shénmeyàng de yīnyuè? [Pinyin]
What kind of music do you like?

你喜歡邊聽音樂邊做作業嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
你喜欢边听音乐边做作业吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ xǐhuān biān tīng yīnyuè biān zuò zuòyè ma? [Pinyin]
Do you like to listen to music while doing your homework?

Synonyms

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弦歌 (xiángē) (figurative)
樂 / 乐 (literary, or in compounds)
音聲 / 音声 (yīnshēng) (literary)

Derived terms

世界音樂 / 世界音乐 (shìjiè yīnyuè)
古典音樂 / 古典音乐 (gǔdiǎn yīnyuè)
搖滾音樂 / 摇滚音乐 (yáogǔn yīnyuè)
樂器 / 乐器 (yuèqì)
標題音樂 / 标题音乐 (biāotí yīnyuè)
流行音樂 / 流行音乐 (liúxíng yīnyuè)
浩室音樂 / 浩室音乐 (hàoshì yīnyuè)
爵士音樂 / 爵士音乐 (juéshì yīnyuè)
背景音樂 / 背景音乐 (bèijǐng yīnyuè)
輕音樂 / 轻音乐 (qīngyīnyuè)
鄉村音樂 / 乡村音乐 (xiāngcūn yīnyuè)
重金屬音樂 / 重金属音乐 (zhòngjīnshǔ yīnyuè)
電子音樂 / 电子音乐 (diànzǐ yīnyuè)
音樂劇 / 音乐剧 (yīnyuèjù)
音樂噴泉 / 音乐喷泉 (yīnyuè pēnquán)
音樂學 / 音乐学 (yīnyuèxué)
音樂家 / 音乐家 (yīnyuèjiā)
音樂廳 / 音乐厅 (yīnyuètīng)
音樂會 / 音乐会 (yīnyuèhuì)
音樂治療 / 音乐治疗 (yīnyuè zhìliáo)
音樂理論 / 音乐理论 (yīnyuè lǐlùn)
音樂療法 / 音乐疗法 (yīnyuè liáofǎ)
音樂視頻 / 音乐视频 (yīnyuè shìpín)
音樂茶座 / 音乐茶座 (yīnyuè cházuò)
音樂錄影帶 / 音乐录影带 (yīnyuè lùyǐngdài)
音樂門鈴 / 音乐门铃 (yīnyuè ménlíng)
音樂院 / 音乐院 (yīnyuèyuàn)
音樂電視 / 音乐电视 (yīnyuè diànshì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (音樂):

→ Japanese: 音楽(おんがく) (ongaku)
→ Korean: 음악(音樂) (eumak)
→ Vietnamese: âm nhạc (音樂)

Others:

→ Zhuang: yinhyoz

References

“音樂”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	樂
おん Grade: 1	がく Jinmeiyō
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 音樂 – see the following entry.

【音楽おんがく】

[noun] music

(This term, 音樂, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
音	樂

Noun

音樂 • (eumak) (hangeul 음악)

hanja form^? of 음악 (“music”)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
音	樂
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

Proper noun

音樂(うんがく) (ungaku)

Kyūjitai form of 音楽 (“music”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
音	樂

Noun

音樂

chữ Hán form of âm nhạc (“music (as a concept)”)
Near-synonym: 樂 (nhạc) (as a hobby or object of enjoyment)