舌音

Chinese

		tongue	sound; noise; news
trad. (舌音)		舌	音
simp. #(舌音)		舌	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit⁶ jam¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cih⁸ im¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shéyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéyin
    • Wade–Giles: shê²-yin¹
    • Yale: shé-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherin
    • Palladius: шэинь (šɛinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sit⁶ jam¹
    • Yale: siht yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid⁶ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚² jɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cih⁸ im¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi̍h im
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiʔ⁴⁻² im³³/

Noun

舌音

1. (phonetics) lingual sound

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舌	音
ぜつ Grade: 6	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 舌 (した (ゼツ), tongue) + 音 (おと (オン), sound)

Noun

舌(ぜつ)音(おん) • (zetsuon) 

1. (phonetics) a lingual sound

Related terms

• 舌端歯茎音(ぜったんしけいおん) (zettan shikeion)
• 舌先歯茎音(ぜっせんしけいおん) (zessen shikeion)
• 舌端裏後部歯茎音(ぜったんりこうぶしけいおん) (zettanri kōbu shikeion)
• 唇音(しんおん) (shin'on)
• 鼻音(びおん) (bion)