Chinese symbol for “phonetic”
表音
biǎo yīn
phonetic; phonological; transliteration
The closest CC-CEDICT match for phonetic is 表音 (biǎo yīn), defined as: phonetic; phonological; transliteration.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “phonetic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 声旁字 (聲旁字) | shēng páng zì | character serving as sound value of another character; phonetic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 表音.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 表现 (表現) | biǎo xiàn | to show; to show off |
| 发表 (發表) | fā biǎo | to issue; to publish |
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 表达 (表達) | biǎo dá | to express; to convey |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
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.
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