口音 (kǒu yīn): Lời nói (ngôn ngữ học) Oral speech sounds

When I called customer service, the other person had a heavy accent, and I had to listen three times before I understood that he wanted my order number.

As soon as the interviewer heard my American accent, he asked if I had grown up in the US, and I replied that I had studied there for four years of college.

When learning a foreign language, you don't need to pursue a perfect accent excessively; what's more important is being able to express your thoughts clearly.

To convincingly play a Sichuan farmer, that actor spent a whole month imitating the local accent, and as a result the audience all thought he was a local.