音乐/音樂 yīnyuè — music

Meanings

1. 1

   music

   Music. Note the reading: 乐 is yuè here, not lè as in 快乐. The verb that goes with it is 听: 听音乐.

   noun

Example sentences

• 我一边看书一边听音乐。/我一邊看書一邊聽音樂。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) yìbiān (fourth tone, falling) kàn (fourth tone, falling) shū (first tone, high and level) yìbiān (fourth tone, falling) tīng (first tone, high and level) yīnyuè. (first tone, high and level)···

  I listen to music while I read.

• 这个音乐真好听。/這個音樂真好聽。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) yīnyuè (first tone, high and level) zhēn (first tone, high and level) hǎotīng. (third tone, dipping)···

  This music is lovely.

Common mistakes

• Not quitekuàiyuè

  Correctkuàilè / yīnyuè

  乐 has two readings. It is lè, "happy", in 快乐, and yuè, "music", in 音乐. The character is the same; the word decides.

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