phonetic value; phone
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1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
phonetic value; phone; the actual physical realization of a speech sound
technicalIn phonetics, 音值 refers to the concrete acoustic properties of a sound as actually produced or perceived, as opposed to the abstract phoneme (音位).
Zài在
pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
zhōng中
，
"
dài代
"
(
dàid
héà
dài
)
dà和
"
lǐ大
"
(
ded
ɑà
)
yīn里
zhí的
yǒuɑ
suǒ音
bù值
tóng有
所
不
同
。
In Mandarin, the phonetic value of [a] in "dài" and "dà" differs slightly.
Tóng同
yī一
gè个
yīn音
wèi位
zài在
bù不
tóng同
fāng方
yán言
zhōng中
de的
yīn音
zhí值
kě可
néng能
chā差
yì异
hěn很
dà大
。
The same phoneme may have very different phonetic values in different dialects.
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Yǔ语
yīn音
xué学
jiā家
tōng通
guò过
shí实
yàn验
fēn分
xī析
lái来
què确
dìng定
měi每
gè个
yīn音
de的
jù具
tǐ体
yīn音
zhí值
。
Phoneticians use experimental analysis to determine the specific phonetic value of each sound.