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Jyutping ng5 jam1
Pinyin wǔ yīn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
  2. five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    the five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics (喉音, 舌音, 齒音, 唇音, 牙音)
  2. noun
    the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale (宮, 商, 角, 徵, 羽, also called 合, 四, 乙, 尺, 工 after the Tang dynasty, equivalent to do, re, mi, sol, la in the Western solfège system or 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 in the Chinese numbered musical notation system)
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他不知道他自己五音不全。
    他不知道他自己五音不全。
    tā bù zhī dào tā zì jǐ wǔ yīn bù quán 。
    • He doesn't realise that he's tone deaf.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢唱歌唱到五音不全噉,唯有以笑遮丑。
    佢唱歌唱到五音不全噉,唯有以笑遮醜。
    keoi5 coeng3 go1 coeng3 dou3 ng5 jam1 bat1 cyun4 gam2, wai4 jau5 ji5 siu3 ze1 cau2.
    • His singing is bad because he is tone deaf, so he can only smile to conceal his defect.
  2. Cantonese
    点样先可以解决五音不全嘅问题呢?
    點樣先可以解決五音不全嘅問題呢?
    dim2 joeng2 sin1 ho2 ji5 gaai2 kyut3 ng5 jam1 bat1 cyun4 ge3 man6 tai4 ne1?
    • How can one stop singing out of tune?