中间音

中間音

zhōngjiānyīn

noun

Meanings

1 medial (phonetics — the glide between initial consonant and main vowel of a Chinese syllable)

Characters

between, interval

Examples

汉语拼音中的 i、u、ü 可以充当中间音。

Hànyǔ pīnyīn zhōng de i, u, ü kěyǐ chōngdāng zhōngjiānyīn.

In Hanyu Pinyin, i, u, and ü can serve as medials.

音节由声母、中间音和韵母组成。

Yīnjié yóu shēngmǔ, zhōngjiānyīn hé yùnmǔ zǔchéng.

A syllable is composed of initial, medial, and final.

Tips

usage

Specialist phonetics term — also called 介音 (jièyīn). For example in 'guāng' (光), the 'u' is the 中间音 / medial that glides from the initial g- into the main vowel a. Mostly seen in linguistics textbooks; in casual speech people just say 介音.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

间 jiān

音 yīn