sonorant; resonant
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Meanings
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sonorant (vowels and sonorant consonants such as m, n, l, ng); resonant
technicalIn phonetics, sonorants are speech sounds produced without significant obstruction of the airstream, including all vowels, glides, nasals, and liquids. They are characterized by acoustic energy concentrated in lower frequencies and the presence of formant structure. Contrasts with obstruents (噪音).
Yuán元
yīn音
hé和
xiǎng响
yīn音
zài在
yǔ语
yīn音
xué学
zhōng中
zhàn占
yǒu有
zhòng重
yào要
dì地
wèi位
。
Vowels and sonorants occupy an important position in phonetics.
/m//
/n/m
/ŋ//
、
/l//
dōun
shì/
、
xiǎng/
yīnŋ
/
、
/
l
/
都
是
响
音
。
/m/, /n/, /ŋ/, and /l/ are all sonorants.
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Yǔ与
zào噪
yīn音
bù不
tóng同
，
xiǎng响
yīn音
fā发
yīn音
shí时
qì气
liú流
zài在
shēng声
dào道
zhōng中
bù不
shòu受
yán严
zhòng重
zǔ阻
ài碍
。
Unlike obstruents, when pronouncing sonorants, the airstream is not severely obstructed in the vocal tract.
Zài在
mǒu某
xiē些
yǔ语
yán言
zhōng中
，
xiǎng响
yīn音
kě可
yǐ以
zuò作
wéi为
yīn音
jié节
de的
hé核
xīn心
。
In some languages, sonorants can serve as the nucleus of a syllable.