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齦擦音

简龈擦音 · 繁齦擦音

Mandarin · pinyin yín cā yīn

alveolar fricative (linguistics)

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齦: Look up this written character
擦: cā · wipe, scrub, rub, scour; brush
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
龈: yín · gums

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2–1–1 · yin2 ca1 yin1

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ngan4 caat3 jam1

Cantonese word readings for 齦擦音. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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