塞音

sèyīn

noun

Meanings

1 plosive (linguistics)
2 stop consonant

Characters

to block; to stop up

Examples

b、p、d、t、g、k 都是塞音。

B, p, d, t, g, k dōu shì sèyīn.

B, p, d, t, g, and k are all plosives.

塞音的特点是气流先被堵塞然后突然释放。

Sèyīn de tèdiǎn shì qìliú xiān bèi dǔsè ránhòu tūrán shìfàng.

Plosives are characterized by airflow being blocked and then suddenly released.

Tips

usage

Linguistics/phonetics term. Note the reading: 塞 has three readings (sè 'blocked / to stop up', sāi 'to stuff', sài 'frontier pass') — here it's sè ('to block/stop'), giving the technical meaning 'stop consonant'. Also called 爆发音 (bàofāyīn, 'explosive sound') or 破裂音 (pòlièyīn, 'rupture sound').

Stroke Order

塞 sāi

音 yīn