高音

Chinese

		high; tall	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (高音)		高	音
anagram		音高

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāoyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ jam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-yîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyin
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-yin¹
  - Yale: gāu-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauin
  - Palladius: гаоинь (gaoinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ jam¹
  - Yale: gōu yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-yîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ im^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ yim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-yîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ (r)im^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ yim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/

Noun

高音

(music) high pitch; high-pitched voice; treble
飆高音／飙高音 ― biāo gāoyīn ― to sing the high notes

Antonyms

低音 (dīyīn)

Derived terms

高音喇叭 (gāoyīn lǎba)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高音):

→ Japanese: 高音(こうおん) (kōon)
→ Korean: 고음(高音) (go'eum)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高	音
こう Grade: 2	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーおん [kòóóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

高(こう)音(おん) • (kōon) ^{←かうおん (kauon)^?}

high pitch
Synonym: たかね (takane)

Antonym: 低音 (teion)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
高	音
たか Grade: 2	ね Grade: 1
kun'yomi

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

【たかね】

[noun] high-pitched tone; soprano

(This term, 高音, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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