píng​shé​yīn

dental-consonant

  • created sense approved 平舌音 · píng​shé​yīn · dental-consonant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    平舌音

    píng​shé​yīn

    dental-consonant

    The consonants "z", "c", and "s" in Mandarin, produced with the tip of the tongue flat against the back of the upper teeth or the gums; often called dental or alveolar consonants.

    平 (literal) → 平 · píng · flat 舌音 (literal) → 舌音 · shé​yīn · lingual sound

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense