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Chinese symbol for “vibrato”

颤音
chàn yīn
Traditional: 顫音
vibrato (of stringed instrument); trill (in phonetics)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vibrato is 颤音 (chàn yīn), defined as: vibrato (of stringed instrument); trill (in phonetics).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

颤 chàn
to shiver, to tremble; trembling
radical 181 ⾴ · 19 strokes
音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 颤音.

WordPinyinMeaning
颤抖 (顫抖)chàn dǒuto shudder; to shiver
震颤 (震顫)zhèn chànto tremble; to quiver
颤动 (顫動)chàn dòngto vibrate; to quiver
颤栗 (顫慄)zhàn lìvariant of 战栗 (zhàn lì)
打颤 (打顫)dǎ zhànto shiver; to tremble
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
语音 (語音)yǔ yīnspeech sounds; pronunciation

See also: Japanese symbol for “vibrato”.

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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