xiǎng
yīn

technical
noun

Meaning of 响音

响音 means sonorant (vowels and sonorant consonants such as m, n, l, ng); resonant. Pronounced xiǎng yīn.

  • sonorant (vowels and sonorant consonants such as m, n, l, ng); resonant

Definitions & Examples

Yuán
yīn
xiǎng
yīn
zài
yīn
xué
zhōng
zhàn
yǒu
zhòng
yào
wèi
 

Vowels and sonorants occupy an important position in phonetics.

/m//
/n/m
/ŋ//
 
/l//
dōun
shì/
 
xiǎng/
yīnŋ
 /
 
 /
 l
 /
 
 
 
 
 
 

/m/, /n/, /ŋ/, and /l/ are all sonorants.

zào
yīn
tóng
 
xiǎng
yīn
yīn
shí
liú
zài
shēng
dào
zhōng
shòu
yán
zhòng
ài
 

Unlike obstruents, when pronouncing sonorants, the airstream is not severely obstructed in the vocal tract.

Zài
mǒu
xiē
yán
zhōng
 
xiǎng
yīn
zuò
wéi
yīn
jié
de
xīn
 

In some languages, sonorants can serve as the nucleus of a syllable.