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龈颚音

yín è yīn

3-character word Traditional 齦顎音

What 龈颚音 means

1. prepalatal sound (linguistics)

The characters in 龈颚音

• 龈yíngums (of the teeth)
• 颚èjaw; palate
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

Sounds the same

Read yín è yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 龈腭音alveo-palatal sound (linguistics)

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