男中音 (nán zhōng yīn) — baritone (male voice range)

Definition

noun

baritone (male voice range)

男中音。
Tā shì zhù míng de nán zhōng yīn gē shǒu.
He is a famous baritone singer.
男中音。
Zhè shǒu qǔ zi shì wèi nán zhōng yīn chuàng zuò de.
This piece was composed for baritone.
男中音。
Zhè wèi nán zhōng yīn de shēng yīn fēi cháng hún hòu.
This baritone's voice is very rich.

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.

中音middle voice

偏正Modifier + head

男 (male) plus 中音 (middle voice) names the male middle voice range.

Characters in this word

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

田力男

男 is made from 田, a field, and 力, strength. It shows a man working with strength in a field.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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.