gé​yīn​fú​hào

syllable-dividing mark

Senses

隔音符号/ 隔音符號 gé​yīn​fú​hào syllable-dividing mark

The apostrophe used in Pinyin to mark the boundary between two syllables to avoid confusion, specifically when a syllable starting with "a", "o", or "e" follows another syllable.

References

abbreviation 隔音/隔音 隔音符号/隔音符號