梅花音
Chinese
plum blossom; wintersweet | sound; noise; news | ||
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trad. (梅花音) | 梅花 | 音 | |
simp. #(梅花音) | 梅花 | 音 | |
Literally: “the plum blossom sound”. |
Etymology
From the shape of the IPA symbol ⟨æ⟩. The vowel is difficult to pronounce for native speakers of Chinese (including Standard Mandarin and many topolects), hence the need of a name.
Pronunciation
Noun
梅花音
- (phonetics, informal) near-open front unrounded vowel [æ]