音韻學

简 音韵学 · 繁 音韻學
Mandarin · pinyin yīn yùn xué

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  1. Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)
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音
yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
韻
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學
xué · learning, knowledge; school
韵
yùn · rhyme; vowel
学
xué · learning, knowledge; school
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Mandarin tones

1–4–2 · yin1 yun4 xue2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jam1 wan5 hok6

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noun

  1. (linguistics) phonology (subfield of linguistics)

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