辅音

輔音
fǔyīn
noun #39,463

Meanings

  1. 1 consonant

Examples

HSK 3
Hěnduō wàiguórén juéde Éyǔ de fǔyīn tèbié nán fā.
Many foreigners find Russian consonants especially hard to pronounce.
HSK 6
Pǔtōnghuà de èrshíyī ge shēngmǔ dōu shì fǔyīn.
All twenty-one initials of Mandarin are consonants.

Tips

memory
辅 'assisting' + 音 'sound': consonants assist the 元音, the 'primary sounds' or vowels. Taiwan and older books say 子音 instead.

Stroke Order

辅 fǔ
音 yīn