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韻母
  wan6 mou5   jyutping
  yun4 mu3   pinyin
final or rime of a sound segment

1. In Chinese phonology, sound segment (音段) = initial (聲母) + final (韻母). Cantonese has 53 finals. Some sounds have no initial.
2. In Cantonese phonology, final (韻母) = nucleus (韻腹) + coda (韻尾). Some finals have no coda.
noun

Level: 4   Google Frequency: 91,800

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
韻母 / 韵母

This word has been viewed 1511 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tuan on 12th Aug 2004 09:16 and last edited on 23rd Mar 2012 13:52
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Characters in this word:

 wan6 wan5  -  melodious sound; rhyme; charm
 mou5  -  mother; female

2 compounds containing this word:

複韻母 - diphthong
單韻母 - simple syllable rime
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