Definition
重音 is a noun with two main senses: in linguistics, it refers to stress or accent on a syllable (e.g., word stress or sentence stress), and in music, it refers to the accent or emphasis on a particular beat. Note that 重音 is distinct from 声调 (tone); in Chinese, stress patterns differ from tonal contours.
n.
(linguistics) stressaccent(music) accent
Examples
- 重音。Zhège cí de zhòng yīn zài dì yī ge yīnjié.The stress of this word is on the first syllable.
- 重音。Zhè shǒu gēqǔ de zhòng yīn zài dì sān pāi.The accent of this song is on the third beat.
- ，重音。Xuéxí wàiyǔ shí, zhǎngwò zhòng yīn de guīlǜ hěn zhòngyào.When learning a foreign language, mastering the rules of stress is very important.
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