回音 [－－]

Jyutping wui4 jam1
Pinyin huí yīn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. echo
  2. reply
  3. turn (ornament in music)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    聲​波​嘅​反射
    echo; reflection of sound waves
    • 間房好大回音。
      间房好大回音。
      gaan1 fong2 hou2 daai6 wui4 jam1.
      The echo is loud in the room.
  2. 名詞
    回覆
    reply
    • 佢寄咗三十封求職信都毫無回音。
      佢寄咗三十封求职信都毫无回音。
      keoi5 gei3 zo2 saam1 sap6 fung1 kau4 zik1 seon3 dou1 hou4 mou4 wui4 jam1.
      He hasn't got a single reply from the thirty job application letters he sent.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    letter in reply
  2. noun
    echo
    (syn.) 回声, 回聲
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们听见自己说话的回音从山谷的另一边传了回来。
    我們聽見自己說話的回音從山谷的另一邊傳了回來。
    wǒ men tīng jiàn zì jǐ shuō huà de huí yīn cóng shān gǔ de lìng yī biān chuán le huí lai 。
    • We heard the echo of our voices from the other side of the valley.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    间房大乸到有回音。
    間房大乸到有回音。
    gaan1 fong2 daai6 naa2 dou3 jau5 wui4 jam1.
    • The room is so freaking big that there are echoes.
  2. Cantonese
    间房好大回音。
    間房好大回音。
    gaan1 fong2 hou2 daai6 wui4 jam1.
    • The echo is loud in the room.
  3. Cantonese
    佢寄咗三十封求职信都毫无回音。
    佢寄咗三十封求職信都毫無回音。
    keoi5 gei3 zo2 saam1 sap6 fung1 kau4 zik1 seon3 dou1 hou4 mou4 wui4 jam1.
    • He hasn't got a single reply from the thirty job application letters he sent.
  4. Cantonese
    唔少求职者揾工心切，采取渔翁撒网嘅策略，寄一大堆求职信，博有一份有回音。
    唔少求職者揾工心切，採取漁翁撒網嘅策略，寄一大堆求職信，博有一份有回音。
    m4 siu2 kau4 zik1 ze2 wan2 gung1 sam1 cit3, coi2 ceoi2 jyu4 jung1 saat3 mong5 ge3 caak3 loek6, gei3 jat1 daai6 deoi1 kau4 zik1 seon3, bok3 jau5 jat1 fan6 jau5 wui4 jam1.
    • Eager for jobs, many candidates aim at a batch of openings and send a batch of application letters, in hope of reply to any of them.
  5. Cantonese
    我报咗几份工，但系都冇回音。
    我報咗幾份工，但係都冇回音。
    ngo5 bou3 zo2 gei2 fan6 gung1, daan6 hai6 dou1 mou5 wui4 jam1.
    • I've applied for several jobs, but there's been no reply.