玉音

Chinese

		jade	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (玉音)		玉	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ jam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùyin
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: yù-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhin
    • Palladius: юйинь (jujinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ jam¹
    • Yale: yuhk yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² jɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-im
    • Tâi-lô: gio̍k-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giog'ym
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² im⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjowk 'im

Rime
Character	玉	音
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚欲切	於金切
Baxter	ngjowk	'im
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/ʔˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/ʔᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/ʔiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/ʔjim/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/ʔjəm/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/ĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/ʔi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	jam1

Noun

玉音

1. (literary) beautiful sound; wonderful voice
2. (honorific) "your beautiful words" (to refer to a received message)
3. (historical) speech of the emperor

Related terms

• 玉照 (yùzhào, “your photo”)
• 佳音 (jiāyīn, “good news”)
• 音信 (yīnxìn, “message”)