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翘舌音

qiào shé yīn

3-character word Traditional 翹舌音

What 翘舌音 means

1. retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)

The characters in 翘舌音

• 翘qiáooutstanding; to raise
• 舌shétongue
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

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