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"consonant" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
协和 協和 xié hé to harmonize / harmony / cooperation / (music) consonant syn
辅音 輔音 fǔ yīn consonant syn
喉音 hóu yīn guttural sound / (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
子音 zǐ yīn consonant syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
气化 氣化 qì huà to vaporize / evaporation / carburetion / 氣|气[qi4] transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath) / unvoicing of voiced consonant
声母 聲母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1])
韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang")
反切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
齿音 齒音 chǐ yīn dental consonant
初声 初聲 chū shēng the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
收尾音 shōu wěi yīn the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
终声 終聲 zhōng shēng the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
鼻韵母 鼻韻母 bí yùn mǔ (of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant
边音 邊音 biān yīn lateral consonant (phonetics)
前鼻音 qián bí yīn alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
后鼻音 後鼻音 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
舌尖音 shé jiān yīn apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
双唇音 雙唇音 shuāng chún yīn bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
零声母 零聲母 líng shēng mǔ (Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)
颚龈音 顎齦音 è yín yīn prepalatal or palatal sound (linguistics) / palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics)
龈辅音 齦輔音 yín fǔ yīn palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics)
软腭音 軟齶音 ruǎn è yīn (linguistics) velar consonant
唇音 chún yīn labial consonant
唇齿音 唇齒音 chún chǐ yīn labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese) syn
有气音 有氣音 yǒu qì yīn aspirated consonant (in phonetics)
浊辅音 濁輔音 zhuó fǔ yīn voiced consonant (linguistics)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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