梅花音

Chinese

		plum blossom; wintersweet	sound; noise; news
trad. (梅花音)		梅花	音
simp. #(梅花音)		梅花	音
Literally: “the plum blossom sound”.

Etymology

From the shape of the IPA symbol ⟨æ⟩. The vowel is difficult to pronounce for native speakers of Chinese (including Standard Mandarin and many topolects), hence the need of a name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méihuāyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méihuāyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méihuayin
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-hua¹-yin¹
    • Yale: méi-hwā-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meihuain
    • Palladius: мэйхуаинь (mɛjxuainʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/

Noun

梅花音

1. (phonetics, informal) near-open front unrounded vowel [æ]