元音

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (元音)		元	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuányīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuányīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuányin
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-yin¹
    • Yale: ywán-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanin
    • Palladius: юаньинь (juanʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ in⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ jam¹
    • Yale: yùhn yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

元音

1. vowel

Synonyms

• 母音 (mǔyīn)

Derived terms

• 三元音 (sānyuányīn)
• 三合元音 (sānhé yuányīn)
• 元音和諧／元音和谐
• 元音和諧律／元音和谐律 (yuányīnhéxiélǜ)
• 元音大推移 (Yuányīn Dà Tuīyí)
• 半元音 (bànyuányīn)
• 單元音／单元音 (dānyuányīn)
• 複元音／复元音 (fùyuányīn)
• 閉元音／闭元音
• 雙元音／双元音 (shuāngyuányīn)
• 鼻化元音 (bíhuà yuányīn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (元音):

• → Vietnamese: nguyên âm (元音)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
元	音

Noun

元音

1. chữ Hán form of nguyên âm (“vowel”).