定音

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (定音)		定	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìngyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ jam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìngyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìngyin
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴-yin¹
  - Yale: dìng-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqin
  - Palladius: динъинь (dinʺinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ jam¹
  - Yale: dihng yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ yem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² jɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

定音

(music) to set the tune; to determine the pitch; to tune
(figurative) to make the final decision; to decide (authoritatively); to give the final word
to settle on a pronunciation (of a Chinese character)
據義定音／据义定音 ― jùyì dìngyīn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

一槌定音 (yīchuídìngyīn)
一錘定音／一锤定音 (yīchuídìngyīn)
定音鼓 (dìngyīngǔ)

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