Dictionary/五音

五音

wǔ yīn

ㄨˇ ㄧㄣ
N
1five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
2five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齿音|齿音, 唇音

Characters

五音

Example

tā他bù zhī不知dào道tā他zì jǐ自己wǔ yīn五音bù不quán全。
他不知道他自己五音不全。
He doesn't realise that he's tone deaf.