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Chinese
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to know; to be aware
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sound; noise; news
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simp. and trad.
(知音)
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知
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音
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Etymology
From the old Chinese story about the deep friendship between two men, Boya (a qin player) and Ziqi (a woodcutter). Despite Ziqi's humble background, upon hearing Boya play his qin he was surprisingly able to tell which subjects each of the pieces represented.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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知
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音
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhī
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yīn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ trje ›
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‹ ʔim ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tre/
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/*(r)əm/
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| English
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know
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sound, tone
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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知
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音
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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11495
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15223
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Phonetic
component
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矢
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音
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Rime
group
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支
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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音
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔl'e/
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/*qrɯm/
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| Notes
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沈兼士依韻會所引說文從口矢聲
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Noun
知音
- friend keenly appreciative of one's talents; bosom friend; intimate friend; soul mate
- 覓知音／觅知音 ― mì zhīyīn ― to look for one's soulmate
- 知音難求／知音难求 ― zhīyīn nán qiú ― it's difficult to find one's soulmate
我終於遇到知音了。 [MSC, trad.]
我终于遇到知音了。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ zhōngyú yùdào zhīyīn le.
- I finally found someone who truly understands me.
Synonyms
- 友好 (yǒuhǎo)
- 同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
- 執友 / 执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
- 好友 (hǎoyǒu)
- 相知 (xiāngzhī)
- 知交 (zhījiāo)
- 知友 (zhīyǒu)
- 知己 (zhījǐ)
- 知心 (zhīxīn)
- 知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)
- 知言 (zhīyán) (literary)
- 知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
- 良朋 (liángpéng) (literary)
- 良知 (liángzhī)
- 高朋 (gāopéng) (literary)
- 齒輪 / 齿轮 (ci3 nen2) (Sichuanese)
Descendants
Verb
知音
- (literary, literal) to have a thorough understanding of music; to be proficient in music