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翘舌音

qiào shé yīndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
Sources & editorial notes

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-75db55c442c621ed. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

翹舌音 翘舌音 [qiao4 she2 yin1] /retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 翹舌音

  • 翘
    qiáo

    outstanding / to raise

    qiào

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

  • 舌
    jī

    used in 喇舌[lǎ jī] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

    shé

    tongue

  • 音
    yīn

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

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.