懶音

简 懒音 · 繁 懶音
Mandarin · pinyin lǎn yīn

Meanings

  1. (linguistics) phonological reduction; lazy pronunciation; allegro speech
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懶
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音
yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
懒
lǎn · lazy, languid, listless
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Mandarin tones

3–1 · lan3 yin1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laan5 jam1

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noun

  1. elided pronunciation in normal or fast speech
  2. lazy pronunciation; improper pronunciation

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