捲舌元音

retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

to roll (up) / to sweep up / to carry on / roll

to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc

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

tongue

surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon

vowel

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