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音名

yīn míngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-0a04dd34ba90928b. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

音名 音名 [yin1 ming2] /names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 音
    yīn

    sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)

  • 名
    míng

    name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.