Meaning of 音位
音位 means phoneme; the smallest unit of sound in a language capable of distinguishing meaning. Pronounced yīn wèi.
- phoneme; the smallest unit of sound in a language capable of distinguishing meaning
Definitions & Examples
Yīn音
wèi位
shì是
yǔ语
yīn音
xué学
zhōng中
de的
zhòng重
yào要
gài概
niàn念
。
The phoneme is an important concept in phonetics.
Zài在
Hàn汉
yǔ语
zhōng中
，
bb
hé和
pp
shì是
liǎng两
gè个
bù不
tóng同
de的
yīn音
wèi位
。
In Chinese, b and p are two different phonemes.
Zhè这
ge个
yīn音
wèi位
zài在
fāng方
yán言
zhōng中
yǒu有
bù不
tóng同
de的
biàn变
tǐ体
。
This phoneme has different variants in various dialects.
Yīn音
wèi位
xué学
zhǔ主
yào要
yán研
jiū究
yǔ语
yán言
zhōng中
de的
yīn音
wèi位
xì系
tǒng统
。
Phonemics mainly studies the phoneme systems in languages.