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卷舌元音

juǎn shé yuán yīn

4-character word

What 卷舌元音 means

1. retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

Other readings

卷舌元音 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• juǎn shé yuán yīnretroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

The characters in 卷舌元音

• 卷juànscroll; book; volume
• 舌shétongue
• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

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