元音

yuányīn
noun #21,775

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 vowel (linguistics)

Examples

英语基本元音字母:a、e、i、o、u。
Yīngyǔ yǒu wǔ gè jīběn yuányīn zìmǔ: a, e, i, o, u.
English has five basic vowel letters: a, e, i, o, u.
Xué hǎo yī mén yǔyán shǒuxiān yào zhǎngwò yuányīn de fāyīn.
To learn a language well, you must first master the pronunciation of vowels.

Tips

memory
means 'primary/original' and means 'sound.' So 元音 = 'primary sounds' — the foundational sounds that form syllable nuclei. The opposite is (fǔyīn, consonant), literally 'auxiliary sounds.'

Stroke Order

yuán
yīn