元音 (yuán yīn) — vowel | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

vowel

元音。
Hàn yǔ pīn yīn yǒu liù gè yuán yīn.
Chinese Pinyin has six vowels.
元音。
Qǐng nǐ dà shēng dú chū zhè xiē yuán yīn.
Please read these vowels out loud.
元音。
Zhè ge dān cí lǐ de yuán yīn shì cháng yīn.
The vowel in this word is a long sound.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

元 means primary or original and 音 means sound; together they name the main open sound of a syllable.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 元 shows a figure with two lines for a head, one connected to the body and one above it, emphasizing the head.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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