yīn liàng
volume; volume sonore
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请把音量调小一点。
Qǐng bǎ yīnliàng tiáo xiǎo yīdiǎn.
Please turn down the volume a bit.
这个音乐的音量太大了。
Zhège yīnyuè de yīnliàng tài dàle.
The volume of this music is too loud.
你能把电视的音量调大一点吗？
Nǐ néng bǎ diànshì de yīnliàng tiáo dà yīdiǎn ma?
Can you turn up the volume of the TV a bit?
响度 (xiǎng dù)
loudness
音量大小 (yīn liàng dà xiǎo)
volume level
安静 (ān jìng)
quiet
无声 (wú shēng)
silent
The Chinese word 音量 (yīnliàng) for "volume" is composed of two characters: 音 (yīn) and 量 (liàng). The character 音 originally meant "sound" or "music", and it is composed of the radical 口 (kǒu) for "mouth" and the phonetic component 尹 (yǐn). The character 量 originally meant "to measure" or "to weigh", and it is composed of the radical 斗 (dǒu) for "a measuring container" and the phonetic component 良 (liáng).When combined, the characters 音 and 量 form the word 音量, which literally means "the measurement of sound". This term is used to refer to the loudness or intensity of a sound, and it is often used in the context of audio equipment or music production.
