亚音节单位

亞音節單位

yàyīnjiédānwèi

noun

Meanings

1 subsyllabic unit
2 phonological unit smaller than a syllable (e.g. onset, rime, mora)

Characters

sub-, secondary

Examples

HSK 4

语音学研究亚音节单位的结构。

Yǔyīnxué yánjiū yàyīnjiédānwèi de jiégòu.

Phonology studies the structure of subsyllabic units.

HSK 7-9

声母和韵母都是亚音节单位。

Shēngmǔ hé yùnmǔ dōu shì yàyīnjiédānwèi.

Both the initial and the final are subsyllabic units.

Tips

usage

Linguistics term. The prefix 亚- (yà-) here functions like English "sub-" (亚热带 = subtropical, 亚洲 = Asia originally "sub-continent"). Compare 超音节 (chāoyīnjié, suprasegmental).

Stroke Order

亚 Yà

音 yīn

节 jié

单 dān

位 wèi