The speed of light is much greater than that of sound.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
音速
speed of sound
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
speed of sound
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 音速 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 音速 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 音速.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 音速.
Directly before
- 比音速3
Directly after
- 音速快3
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 音速
What does 音速 mean in Chinese?
音速 (yīnsù) means speed of sound.
How do you pronounce 音速?
音速 is pronounced yīnsù.
Is 音速 an HSK word?
音速 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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