舌尖后音 (舌尖後音)
shé jiān hòu yīn
Pinyin
Definition
舌尖后音 (舌尖後音)
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- retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
- 1 speech sounds
- 2 pronunciation
- 3 colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
- 4 phonetic
- 5 audio
- 6 voice
- 7 (Internet) to voice chat
- 8 voice message
- 1 sound
- 2 noise
- 3 note (of musical scale)
- 4 tone
- 5 news
- 6 syllable
- 7 reading (phonetic value of a character)
Idioms (18)
口干舌燥
- 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
如簧之舌
- 1 lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)
- 2 fig. a glib tongue
巧舌如簧
- 1 lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have a glib tongue
弄嘴弄舌
- 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
张口结舌
- 1 agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words
- 2 gaping and speechless