主音 (zhǔ yīn) — (phonetics) vowel; (music) keynote; tonic
Definition
A technical term with two senses: in phonetics/linguistics, the main vowel sound of a syllable (paired with 辅音 'consonant'); in music, the tonic or keynote of a scale.
noun
(phonetics) vowel(music) keynotetonic
Examples
- ，主音。Hàn yǔ pīn yīn zhōng, měi gè yīn jié dōu bì xū yǒu yí gè zhǔ yīn.In Hanyu Pinyin, each syllable must have a vowel.
- C主音。Zhè shǒu qǔ zi yǐ C dà diào de zhǔ yīn kāi shǐ.This piece begins with the tonic of C major.
- ，主音。Zài yǔ yán xué zhōng, zhǔ yīn yǔ fǔ yīn xiāng duì.In linguistics, vowels are contrasted with consonants.
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