Meaning of 不吐气
不吐气 means voiceless; unaspirated (in phonetics). Pronounced bù tǔ qì.
- voiceless; unaspirated (in phonetics)
Definitions & Examples
Zài在
Hàn汉
yǔ语
pīn拼
yīn音
zhōng中
,
zì字
mǔ母
“
bb
”
dài代
biǎo表
yī一
gè个
bù不
tǔ吐
qì气
de的
qīng清
fǔ辅
yīn音
。
In Hanyu Pinyin, the letter 'b' represents a voiceless, unaspirated consonant.
Yǔ语
yīn音
lǎo老
shī师
zhèng正
zài在
jiǎng讲
jiě解
sòng送
qì气
yīn音
yǔ与
bù不
tǔ吐
qì气
yīn音
de的
qū区
bié别
。
The phonetics teacher is explaining the difference between aspirated and unaspirated sounds.
Yīng英
yǔ语
zhōng中
de的
/p/
zài/
cíp
shǒu/
tōng
cháng在
shì词
sòng首
qì通
yīn常
ér是
Hàn送
yǔ气
pīn音
,
yīn而
de汉
p语
shì拼
sòng音
qì的
“
yīnp
”
b是
shì送
bù气
tǔ音
,
“
qìb
”
yīn是
不
吐
气
音
。
The English /p/ is usually aspirated at the beginning of a word, while the Hanyu Pinyin 'p' is aspirated and 'b' is unaspirated.