Meaning of 韵头
韵头 means medial; glide (the sound between the initial and the main vowel in a syllable). Pronounced yùn tóu.
- medial; glide (the sound between the initial and the main vowel in a syllable)
Definitions & Examples
Pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
de的
yùn韵
tóu头
bāo包
kuò括
ii
、
uu
、
üü
sān三
gè个
yīn音
。
The medials in Standard Mandarin include the sounds i, u, and ü.
"
Tiān天
"
(
tiānt
dei
yùnā
tóun
)
shì的
i韵
头
是
i
。
The medial in tiān is i.
"
Huā花
"
(
huāh
deu
yùnā
)
tóu的
shì韵
u头
是
u
。
The medial in huā is u.
Yùn韵
tóu头
yòu又
chēng称
zuò作
jiè介
yīn音
，
wèi位
yú于
shēng声
mǔ母
hé和
yùn韵
fù腹
zhī之
jiān间
。
The medial is also called jièyīn, positioned between the initial and the nucleus of the syllable.