尖團

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Chinese

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alveolar affricate or fricative alveolo-palatal affricate or fricative
trad. (尖團)
simp. (尖团)

Etymology

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alveolar and alveolo-palatal series consonants
Named after the different Manchu characters used to transcribe the sounds: (dz) for z, (ts') for c, (s) for s vs [Term?] for j, [Term?] for q, (h') for x.
crab
Short for 尖臍尖脐 + 團臍团脐.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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尖團

  1. (~音) (Chinese phonetics) the alveolar ("sharp") and alveolo-palatal ("round") series consonants (z /t͡s/, c /t͡sʰ/, s /s/ before /i/ or /y/; and j /t͡ɕ/, q /t͡ɕʰ/, x /ɕ/ in Mandarin)
    普通話不分尖團 [MSC, trad.]
    普通话不分尖团 [MSC, simp.]
    Pǔtōnghuà bùfēn jiāntuán. [Pinyin]
    Standard Mandarin does not distinguish between alveolars and alveolo-palatals (before high front vowels).
  2. (literary) crab

Derived terms

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