obsolete term for plosive
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Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
plosive (consonant); stop
archaicA linguistic term for consonants produced by a complete obstruction of airflow followed by a sudden release (e.g., b, d, g). This term is now considered old-fashioned; '塞音' is the modern standard term.
Zài在
jiù旧
yǔ语
yán言
xué学
jiào教
cái材
zhōng中
，
'
pp
'
hé和
'
tt
'
cháng常
bèi被
chēng称
wéi为
pò破
liè裂
yīn音
。
In old linguistics textbooks, 'p' and 't' were often called plosives.
'
Pò破
liè裂
yīn音
'
zhè这
ge个
shù术
yǔ语
yǐ已
jīng经
zhú逐
jiàn渐
bèi被
'
sāi塞
yīn音
'
qǔ取
dài代
。
The term 'plosive' has gradually been replaced by 'stop consonant'.