拟音

Traditional form:

擬音

Pinyin (reading):

nǐyīn

Definitions:

• to make a sound effect
• sound effect
• (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language

Characters:

• 拟 - to draft, to plan; to intend
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

Traditional characters:

• 擬 - to draft, to plan; to intend
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation