Chinese symbol for “timbre”
音色
yīn sè
tone; timbre; sound color
The closest CC-CEDICT match for timbre is 音色 (yīn sè), defined as: tone; timbre; sound color.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “timbre”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 音色.
| 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) |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
See also: Japanese symbol for “timbre”.
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.