翘舌音

retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)

qiáo = qi + ao2

outstanding / to raise

qiào = qi + ao4

to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt

jī = ji + Ø1

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

shé = sh + e2

tongue

coronal consonants of Middle Chinese

yīn = y + (e)n1

sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)

翘舌音 is not used as a component in another word.

翘舌音 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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