vowel; speech sound
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
vowel; voiced speech sound produced without significant constriction of airflow
In phonetics, refers to voiced speech sounds produced with an open vocal tract. In Mainland China, '元音' is the standard term, while '母音' is standard in Taiwan and used in comparative linguistics.
Yīng英
yǔ语
zhōng中
yǒu有
wǔ五
gè个
jī基
běn本
mǔ母
yīn音
zì字
mǔ母
。
There are five basic vowel letters in English.
Zhè这
gè个
yīn音
jié节
de的
mǔ母
yīn音
shì是
shén什
me么
？
What is the vowel in this syllable?
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Pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
zhōng中
gòng共
yǒu有
shí十
gè个
mǔ母
yīn音
yīn音
wèi位
。
There are ten vowel phonemes in Standard Mandarin.