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叶韻

简叶韵 · 繁叶韻

Mandarin · pinyin xié yùn

to rhyme
also written 協韻

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叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf
韻: Look up this written character
韵: yùn · rhyme; vowel

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Mandarin tones

2–4 · xie2 yun4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hip6 wan5

Cantonese word readings for 叶韻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(Chinese phonetics) to amend the pronunciation of a character in a rhyming couplet that is perceived as not rhyming (i.e. that which is the result of phonological change)

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