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牙音

Mandarin · pinyin yá yīn

velar consonants of Middle Chinese

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牙: yá · tooth, molars, teeth; serrated
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180

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2–1 · ya2 yin1

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ngaa4 jam1

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noun

(Chinese phonetics) velar consonant; any of the group of consonants represented by the Middle Chinese pronunciation the following 字母 (zìmǔ): 見／见 (/k/), 溪 (/kʰ/), 群 (/ɡ/) and 疑 (/ŋ/)

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