DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

捲舌元音

简卷舌元音 · 繁捲舌元音

Mandarin · pinyin juǎn shé yuán yīn

retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

捲: Look up this written character
舌: shé · tongue; clapper of bell; Kangxi radical 135
元: yuán · first; dollar; origin; head
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
卷: juǎn · scroll; curl; make a comeback

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–2–1 · juan3 she2 yuan2 yin1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links1same-tone record

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

捲舌元音 · find source passages ↗ · 卷舌元音 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gyun2 sit3 jyun4 jam1

Cantonese word readings for 捲舌元音. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack