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擦音

cā yīn

2-character word

What 擦音 means

1. fricative

The characters in 擦音

• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

Words containing 擦音

• 塞擦音sè cā yīnaffricate (phonetics)
• 摩擦音mó cā yīnfricative (phonetics)
• 喉擦音hóu cā yīnguttural fricative
• 龈擦音yín cā yīnalveolar fricative (linguistics)

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