Chinese symbol for “modulation”
抑扬
yì yáng
Traditional: 抑揚
modulation (rising and falling pitch); intonation; a cadence; to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for modulation is 抑扬 (yì yáng), defined as: modulation (rising and falling pitch); intonation; a cadence; to rise and fall (of a body floating in water).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “modulation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调制 (調制) | tiáo zhì | to modulate; modulation |
| 调变 (調變) | tiáo biàn | modulation; to modulate (electronics) |
| 变调 (變調) | biàn diào | tone sandhi; modified tone |
| 转调 (轉調) | zhuǎn diào | (music) to change key; modulation |
| 顿挫抑扬 (頓挫抑揚) | dùn cuò yì yáng | cadence; modulation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抑扬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抑制 | yì zhì | to inhibit; to keep down |
| 压抑 (壓抑) | yā yì | to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive |
| 抑郁 (抑鬱) | yì yù | depressed; despondent; gloomy |
| 抑或 | yì huò | or; could it be that...? |
| 抑郁症 (抑鬱症) | yì yù zhèng | clinical depression |
| 抑制剂 (抑制劑) | yì zhì jì | suppressant; inhibitor |
| 宣扬 (宣揚) | xuān yáng | to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide |
| 赞扬 (讚揚) | zàn yáng | to praise; to approve of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “modulation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.