voiced sound; sonorant
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voiced sound; voiced consonant (phonetics)
In phonetics, refers to speech sounds produced with vocal fold vibration, contrasting with voiceless sounds (清音). In Chinese phonology, historically includes obstruents like 并, 定, 群, etc., and sonorants.
Shēng声
dài带
zhèn振
dòng动
fā发
chū出
de的
yīn音
jiù就
shì是
zhuó浊
yīn音
。
Sounds produced by vocal cord vibration are voiced sounds.
Yīng英
yǔ语
zhōng中
/z//
shìz
zhuó/
yīn是
/s/浊
shì音
，
qīng/
yīns
/
是
清
音
。
In English, /z/ is voiced while /s/ is voiceless.
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Rì日
yǔ语
de的
「「
gāが
」」
háng行
shì是
zhuó浊
yīn音
。
The "ga" row in Japanese consists of voiced sounds.
Zhōng中
gǔ古
Hàn汉
yǔ语
de的
quán全
zhuó浊
shēng声
mǔ母
zài在
xiàn现
dài代
Pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
zhōng中
dà大
duō多
biàn变
chéng成
le了
qīng清
yīn音
。
Fully voiced initials in Middle Chinese mostly became voiceless in Modern Standard Mandarin.