Meaning of 音素
音素 means phoneme; the smallest unit of sound in speech. Pronounced yīn sù.
- phoneme; the smallest unit of sound in speech
Definitions & Examples
Hàn汉
yǔ语
pīn拼
yīn音
zhōng中
yǒu有
sān三
shí十
duō多
gè个
yīn音
sù素
。
There are more than thirty phonemes in Hanyu Pinyin.
/p//
hép
/b//
shì和
Yīng/
yǔb
zhōng/
liǎng是
gè英
bù语
tóng中
de两
yīn个
sù不
同
的
音
素
。
/p/ and /b/ are two distinct phonemes in English.
“
mā妈
”
zhè这
ge个
zì字
yóu由
shēng声
mǔ母
mm
、
yùn韵
mǔ母
aa
hé和
shēng声
diào调
sān三
gè个
yīn音
sù素
zǔ组
chéng成
。
The character “妈” is composed of three phonemes: the initial m, the final a, and the tone.