发音 (fā yīn) means “pronounce” | MotiTan Chinese Dictionary

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请跟着录音发音。qǐng gēn zhe lù yīn fā yīn

Please pronounce along with the recording.

A bridge from what is written to the sound produced by the voice.

读dú: Read written characters or words aloud.
说shuō: Speak to express meaning with words.

用声音发出字或词的读音yòng shēng yīn fā chū zì huò cí de dú yīn

The compound 发音 (fāyīn, "pronunciation") joins 发 (fā, "emit") with 音 (yīn, "sound"), presenting speech as sound emitted from the mouth.

In Mandarin, pronunciation includes the syllable and its tone, so a tone change can make an otherwise similar syllable a different word.