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语音

yǔ yīn · yu yin

Traditional 語音

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. speech sounds
  2. pronunciation
  3. colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
  4. phonetic
  5. audio
  6. voice
  7. (Internet) to voice chat
  8. voice message
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In a conversation

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Five voice messages

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)不(bù)回(huí)我(wǒ)的(de)消息(xiāoxi)

    Dengdeng, why didn't you reply to my messages?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)看(kàn)了(le)，可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)发(fā)了(le)五条(wǔtiáo)语音(yǔyīn)

    I saw them, but you sent five voice messages.

  3. Liangliang

    语音(yǔyīn)不(bù)好(hǎo)吗(ma)？

    What's wrong with voice messages?

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)地铁(dìtiě)上(shàng)，不能(bùnéng)听(tīng)语音(yǔyīn)

    I'm on the subway and I can't listen to voice messages.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)下次(xiàcì)不(bù)发(fā)语音(yǔyīn)了(le)

    Then I won't send voice messages next time.

  6. Dengdeng

    其实(qíshí)，你(nǐ)的(de)语音(yǔyīn)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)二十秒(èrshímiǎo)都(dōu)是(shì)“那个(nàge)”

    Actually, twenty seconds of your voice message was just um.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

萨(sà)米(mǐ)正(zhèng)在(zài)翻(fān)看(kàn)语(yǔ)音(yīn)邮(yóu)件(jiàn)。

Sami was going through his voice mail.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by OsoHombre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)给(gěi)他(tā)发(fā)了(le)一(yì)条(tiáo)语(yǔ)音(yīn)消(xiāo)息(xi)。

I sent him a voice message.

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