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

声母和韵母都是亚音节单位。

Shēngmǔ hé yùnmǔ dōu shì yàyīnjié dānwèi.

Both the initial and the final are subsyllabic units.

语音学研究亚音节单位的结构。

Yǔyīnxué yánjiū yàyīnjié dānwèi de jiégòu.

Phonology studies the structure of 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