顎化作用
è​huà​zuò​yòng

palatalization

  • created sense approved 颚化作用/顎化作用 · è​huà​zuò​yòng · palatalization — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    颚化作用 / 顎化作用

    è​huà​zuò​yòng

    palatalization

    the process in which a speech sound is produced with the tongue near or touching the hard palate, often caused by a following high front vowel

    颚 (literal) → 颚/顎 · è · palate 化 (bound) → 化 · huà · [...-ize] 作用 (literal) → 作用 · zuò​yòng · function

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

    created sense