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音质 (yīn zhì) — sound quality; timbre; acoustic fidelity

Definition

Refers to how good a sound is — its clarity, fidelity, or tonal character (timbre). Used for recordings, speakers, music files, and voices; judged with 好/差, not 漂亮.

noun
sound qualitytimbreacoustic fidelity

Examples

  • 音质。
    Zhè tái diàn nǎo de yīn zhì bú cuò.
    The sound quality of this computer is pretty good.
  • 音质。
    Wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huan zhè shǒu gē de yīn zhì.
    I really like the sound quality of this song.
  • 音质，。
    Zhè ge lù yīn de yīn zhì hěn chà, tīng bù qīng chǔ.
    The sound quality of this recording is very poor; I can't hear clearly.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

音yīnsound
质zhìquality

音 means sound and 质 means quality, so the word names the quality of a sound.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 質; 质 is its simplified writing.

  • 斦斦yín
  • 貝貝bèi

The traditional form 質 is made up of 貝 and 斦; this describes 質, not the simplified 质.

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Appears in
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