bì​yuán​yīn

close vowel

  • created sense approved 闭元音/閉元音 · bì​yuán​yīn · close vowel — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闭元音 / 閉元音

    bì​yuán​yīn

    close vowel

    a vowel sound produced with the tongue positioned as high as possible; also known as a high vowel or closed vowel

    闭 (literal) → 闭/閉 · bì · to close 元音 (literal) → 元音 · yuán​yīn · vowel

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

    created sense