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舌尖音

shé jiān yīn

3-character word

What 舌尖音 means

1. apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)

The characters in 舌尖音

• 舌shétongue
• 尖jiānpointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

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