卷舌元音 (捲舌元音)
juǎn shé yuán yīn
Pinyin

Definition

卷舌元音 (捲舌元音)
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juǎn shé yuán yīn
  1. retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Yuán
  1. 1 surname Yuan
  2. 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
shēng yīn
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
yīn yuè
  1. 1 music
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 classifier: 曲 qǔ
  4. 4 classifier: 段 duàn
dī yīn
  1. 1 bass
yuán xiāo
  1. 1 Lantern Festival
  2. 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. 3 see also: 元夜 yuán yè
  4. 4 sticky rice dumplings

Idioms (19)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
如簧之舌
rú huáng zhī shé
  1. 1 lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a glib tongue
巧舌如簧
qiǎo shé rú huáng
  1. 1 lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have a glib tongue