oral sound (phonetics)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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oral sound
formalA phonetic term contrasting with nasal sounds and nasalized vowels. In Standard Chinese phonetics, /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/ are nasal sounds. Vowels preceding the final /ŋ/ become nasalized when combined with the rhotacization suffix '-r', while all other sounds are oral sounds, such as /ɑ/, /e/, /o/, /b/, /p/, /f/, etc.
Zài在
pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
zhōng中
，
"
aa
"
、
"
ee
"
、
"
oo
"
dōu都
shì是
kǒu口
yīn音
。
In Standard Chinese, "a", "e", and "o" are all oral sounds.
Shēng声
mǔ母
bb
、
pp
、
ff
shǔ属
yú于
kǒu口
yīn音
。
The initial consonants b, p, and f belong to oral sounds.
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Xué学
xí习
yǔ语
yīn音
yào要
fēn分
qīng清
kǒu口
yīn音
hé和
bí鼻
yīn音
。
When studying phonetics, one must distinguish between oral and nasal sounds.