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雙元音

简双元音 · 繁雙元音

Mandarin · pinyin shuāng yuán yīn

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雙: Look up this written character
元: yuán · first; dollar; origin; head
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
双: shuāng · set of two, pair, couple; both

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1–2–1 · shuang1 yuan2 yin1

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(linguistics) diphthong

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