| 拼音字母 | pīn yīn zì mǔ | phonetic letters |
| 拼音阶段 | pīn yīn jiē duàn | alphabetic stage |
| 按键音 | àn jiàn yīn | keypad tone; key tone |
| 拨号音 | bō hào yīn | dial tone |
| 擦音 | cā yīn | fricative |
| 拟音 | nǐ yīn | to make a sound effect; sound effect |
| 扩音 | kuò yīn | to amplify (sound) |
| 收尾音 | shōu wěi yīn | final (i.e. final consonant or stop of some syllables in Asian phonetics) |
| 最低音 | zuì dī yīn | lowest voice; lowest pitch; lowest note |
| 最高音 | zuì gāo yīn | highest voice; highest pitch; highest note |
| 有气音 | yǒu qì yīn | aspirated consonant (in phonetics) |
| 杳无音信 | yǎo wú yīn xìn | to have no news whatever |
| 梵汉对音 | fàn hàn duì yīn | Sanskrit-Chinese transliteration |
| 标准音 | biāo zhǔn yīn | standard pronunciation; standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz) |
| 标音法 | biāo yīn fǎ | phonetic transcription; system of representing spoken sounds |
| 正音 | zhèng yīn | standard pronunciation; to correct sb's pronunciation |
| 母音调和 | mǔ yīn tiáo hé | vowel harmony (in phonetics) |
| 民间音乐 | mín jiān yīn yuè | folk music |
| 注音一式 | zhù yīn yī shì | Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1; Bopomofo; abbr. for 国语注音符号第一式 |
| 注音符号 | Zhù yīn fú hào | Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan; also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ |
| 流行音乐 | liú xíng yīn yuè | popular music |
| 消音 | xiāo yīn | to silence |
| 消音器 | xiāo yīn qì | silencer |
| 渺无音信 | miǎo wú yīn xìn | to receive no news whatsoever about sb |
| 灭音器 | miè yīn qì | muffler (of an internal combustion engine) |
| 汉语拼音 | Hàn yǔ pīn yīn | Hanyu pinyin, the pinyin transliteration system used in PRC since the 1960s |
| 浊音 | zhuó yīn | voiced consonant (English b or d, as opposed to unvoiced p or t) |
| 爆音 | bào yīn | sonic boom |
| 爵士音乐 | jué shì yīn yuè | jazz |
| 现代音乐 | xiàn dài yīn yuè | modern music; contemporary music |
| 玛窦福音 | Mǎ dòu fú yīn | Gospel according to St Matthew |
| 男中音 | nán zhōng yīn | baritone |
| 男低音 | nán dī yīn | bass (music); lower register male voice |
| 男高音 | nán gāo yīn | tenor |
| 男高音部 | nán gāo yīn bù | tenor part |
| 发音器官 | fā yīn qì guān | vocal organs; vocal chords |
| 发音体 | fā yīn tǐ | sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc) |
| 盒式录音磁带 | hé shì lù yīn cí dài | cassette tape |
| 真声最高音 | zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn | highest true (non-falsetto) voice |
| 短时语音记忆 | duǎn shí yǔ yīn jì yì | short-term phonological memory |
| 福音书 | fú yīn shū | gospel |
| 空谷足音 | kōng gǔ zú yīn | sound of footsteps in an empty valley (idiom); a rare occurrence; That's sth you don't often hear! |
| 符类福音 | fú lèi fú yīn | synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology) |
| 粤语拼音 | Yuè yǔ Pīn yīn | Cantonese romanization; Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems |
| 约翰福音 | Yuē hàn fú yīn | Gospel according to St John |
| 纯音 | chún yīn | pure tone |
| 组合音响 | zǔ hé yīn xiǎng | combined stereo; music center |
| 网络语音 | wǎng luò yǔ yīn | VoIP (Voice over IP) (computing); to speak with others over the Internet |
| 美国之音 | Měi guó zhī yīn | Voice of America (VOA) |
| 翘舌音 | qiáo shé yīn | retroflex; consonants zh, ch, sh, r produced on the back of the tongue |
