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韻母

简韵母 · 繁韻母

Mandarin · pinyin yùn mǔ

the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang")

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韻: Look up this written character
母: mǔ · mother; female elders; female
韵: yùn · rhyme; vowel

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4–3 · yun4 mu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wan5 mou5 · wan6 mou5

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noun

(Chinese phonetics) final (the part of a syllable excluding the initial consonant)

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