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今音
  • [jīnyīn]

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

今音 [jīnyīn]
  1. 1. noun The sounds of modern speech.
    你不用找了, 今音中不存在“尖团字”。
    You needn't look for it; there is no Jiantuanyin in modern Chinese pronounciation.
  2. 2. noun Esp. Speech sounds of the Sui and Tang Dynasties that were represented in Qie Verse and Guang Verse, etc.
    这首唐诗是按今音的平仄写的。
    This poem from the Tang Dynasty was written according to Sui-and Tang-Dynasty pronounciation.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

今音 [jīnyīn]
  1. 1. 名 现代语音。
  2. 2. 名 特指以《切韵》《广韵》等韵书为代表的隋唐音。
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Examples

你不用找了, 今音中不存在“尖团字”。
You needn't look for it; there is no Jiantuanyin in modern Chinese pronounciation. → 今音
这首唐诗是按今音的平仄写的。
This poem from the Tang Dynasty was written according to Sui-and Tang-Dynasty pronounciation. → 今音

Word Decomposition

今
[jīn] 		+ 音
[yīn]

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