Chinese symbol for “phonological”

表音

biǎo yīn

phonetic; phonological; transliteration

The closest CC-CEDICT match for phonological is 表音 (biǎo yīn), defined as: phonetic; phonological; transliteration.

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Characters and stroke order

表 biǎo

to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch

radical 145 ⾐ · 8 strokes

音 yīn

sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes

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.