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韻腹
  wan6 fuk1   jyutping
  yun4 fu4   pinyin
nucleus - main/principal/central vowel of a sound; [literal] rime-belly

A Cantonese sound is usually composed of onset (聲母) + nucleus (韻腹) + coda (韻尾). In layman term, onset is the initial consonant, nucleus is the main vowel, and coda is the ending vowel/consonant.
noun

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
韻腹 / 韵腹

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Characters in this word:

 wan6 wan5  -  melodious sound; rhyme; charm
 fuk1  -  stomach; belly
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