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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

高保真

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gāobǎozhēn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hi-fi/ˈhaɪ.faɪ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这套高保真音响设备的音质非常好。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Sound reproduction equipment of high quality, designed to produce sound with minimal distortion.

    "He invested in a vintage hi-fi to listen to his collection of vinyl records."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Denoting sound reproduction of high fidelity.

    "The streaming service now offers hi-fi audio for audiophiles."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a shortened abbreviation of 'high fidelity', derived from 'high' (from Old English hēah) and 'fidelity' (from Latin fidelitas, meaning faithfulness or loyalty). First appearing in the mid-20th century during the boom of electronic sound reproduction, it initially described audio equipment capable of producing sound very faithful to the original live performance.

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