声韵学 shēngyùnxué phonology, phonetics Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 声韵 聲韻 shēngyùn initials and finals (linguistics) the consonants and vowels of a syllable, specifically the Chinese initials and finals学 學 xué nounaffix branch of learning (bound form) a subject or branch of study; often used as a suffix for -logy, -ics, or -science