泛音

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Chinese

		superficial; floating	sound
simp. and trad. (泛音)		泛	音
alternative forms		汎音／泛音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fànyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan³ jam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fànyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fànyin
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴-yin¹
  - Yale: fàn-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannin
  - Palladius: фаньинь (fanʹinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    梵音
    泛音
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan³ jam¹
  - Yale: faan yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan³ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan³ yem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³³ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

泛音

overtone; harmonic
(of the guqin) overtone; the sound created from plucking or strumming a string with one's right hand and gently tapping on the string at specific harmonic positions, which are marked by the 13 huī (徽)

Derived terms

泛音列 (fànyīnliè)

See also

散音 (sànyīn)
按音 (ànyīn)

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