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后鼻音

hòu bí yīndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-31069179794b3df7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

後鼻音 后鼻音 [hou4 bi2 yin1] /velar nasal/consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate/

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Other forms in these source records: 後鼻音

  • 后
    hòu

    empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler / back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

    Hòu

    surname Hou

  • 鼻
    bí

    nose

  • 音
    yīn

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

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.