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平舌音

píng shé yīn

3-character word

What 平舌音 means

1. alveolar
2. consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge

The characters in 平舌音

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 舌shétongue
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

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