音階

See also: 音阶

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	rank or step; stairs
trad. (音階)		音	階
simp. (音阶)		音	阶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnjiē

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄐㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ gaai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-kai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnjiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄐㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinjie
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-chieh¹
  - Yale: yīn-jyē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: injie
  - Palladius: иньцзе (inʹcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ gaai¹
  - Yale: yām gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-kai
  - Tâi-lô: im-kai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: imkay
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ kai³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/

Noun

音階

(music) scale

Derived terms

五聲音階 / 五声音阶 (wǔshēng yīnjiē)
半音階 / 半音阶 (bànyīnjiē)
大調音階 / 大调音阶
大音階 / 大音阶 (dàyīnjiē)
小調音階 / 小调音阶
小音階 / 小音阶 (xiǎoyīnjiē)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	階
おん Grade: 1	かい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

音(おん)階(かい) • (onkai)

musical scale

Derived terms

Derived terms

五音音階: pentatonic scale
全音階: diatonic scale
半音階: chromatic scale
長音階: major scale
短音階: minor scale
旋律的短音階: melodic minor scale
和声的短音階: harmonic minor scale

References

“音階”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
音	階

Noun

音階 • (eumgye) (hangeul 음계)

hanja form^? of 음계 (“musical scale”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
音	階

Noun

音階

chữ Hán form of âm giai (“musical scale”)