vowel; voiced sound without obstruction
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vowel; voiced speech sound produced without obstruction in the vocal tract
In phonetics, one of the two primary classes of speech sounds (contrasting with consonants 辅音). Standard Mandarin simple finals (单韵母) such as /a/, /o/, /e/, /i/, /u/, /ü/ are all vowels. Also called 母音. When the nasal cavity remains open during articulation, the sound becomes a nasalized vowel (鼻化元音), as occurs when -ng final rhymes undergo erization in Mandarin.
Pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
zhōng中
yǒu有
liù六
gè个
jī基
běn本
yuán元
yīn音
。
There are six basic vowels in Standard Mandarin.
Fā发
yuán元
yīn音
shí时
，
shēng声
dài带
yī一
dìng定
yào要
zhèn振
dòng动
。
When pronouncing vowels, the vocal cords must vibrate.
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Yuán元
yīn音
hé和
fǔ辅
yīn音
shì是
yǔ语
yīn音
xué学
de的
jī基
chǔ础
gài概
niàn念
。
Vowels and consonants are fundamental concepts in phonetics.
Zhè这
shǒu首
gē歌
de的
jié结
wěi尾
yuán元
yīn音
chàng唱
de得
hěn很
bǎo饱
mǎn满
。
The final vowel of this song was sung very fully.