Chinese symbol for “pitch”
音高
yīn gāo
pitch (music); tone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pitch is 音高 (yīn gāo), defined as: pitch (music); tone.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pitch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高低 | gāo dī | height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority |
| 球场 (球場) | qiú chǎng | stadium; sports ground |
| 沥青 (瀝青) | lì qīng | asphalt; bitumen |
| 音调 (音調) | yīn diào | pitch of voice (high or low); pitch (of a musical note) |
| 诉求 (訴求) | sù qiú | to demand; to call for; to petition; demand; wish; request |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 音高.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 录音 (錄音) | lù yīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn)) |
| 影音 | yǐng yīn | (Tw) audio and video; audiovisual |
| 音乐会 (音樂會) | yīn yuè huì | concert; 场 (chǎng) |
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pitch”.
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.