nasal sound; nasal consonant
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
a nasal sound; nasal consonant
neutralA linguistic term referring to sounds produced with airflow through the nose, common in many languages. Examples in Standard Mandarin are m, n, ng.
Pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
zhōng中
de的
“
mm
”
shì是
yī一
gè个
bí鼻
yīn音
。
The 'm' in Standard Mandarin is a nasal sound.
Xué学
xí习
Fǎ法
yǔ语
yīn音
wèi位
shí时
，
yào要
tè特
bié别
zhù注
yì意
bí鼻
yīn音
。
When learning French phonemes, one must pay special attention to nasal consonants.
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Yǒu有
xiē些
fāng方
yán言
de的
bí鼻
yīn音
yùn韵
wěi尾
yǐ已
jīng经
ruò弱
huà化
huò或
xiāo消
shī失
le了
。
The nasal endings in some dialects have weakened or disappeared.
Yīng英
yǔ语
dān单
cí词
“
songs
zhōngo
den
ngg
”
yě中
shì的
“
yīn
gèg
”
bí也
yīn是
一
个
鼻
音
。
The 'ng' in the English word 'song' is also a nasal consonant.