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音节

yīn jié

HSK 6

Meaning

  • syllable

Definition

语言中由单个元音音素或辅音音素加元音音素构成的发音单位。

A unit of pronunciation consisting of a single vowel sound or a consonant sound plus a vowel sound.

Usage

用于语音学、语言学中,描述单词的发音结构。

Used in phonetics and linguistics to describe the sound structure of words.

Examples

  • 1 这个单词有三个音节。 (This word has three syllables.)
  • 2 汉语中的每个字通常是一个音节。 (Each character in Chinese usually corresponds to one syllable.)
  • 3 在诗歌中,音节的数目很重要。 (In poetry, the number of syllables is important.)
  • 4 孩子学习说话时,先从简单的音节开始。 (When children learn to speak, they start with simple syllables.)
  • 5 英语的'banana'有三个音节:ba-na-na。 (The English word 'banana' has three syllables: ba-na-na.)

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