尖团合流

尖團合流
jiāntuánhéliú
  1. (Chinese phonetics) the merger between the alveolar consonants and the alveolo-palatal consonants
  2. the merger between the alveolar consonants and the alveolo-palatal consonants

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1 尖团 jiāntuán
  1. (Chinese phonetics) the alveolar ("sharp") and alveolo-palatal ("round") series consonants (z /t͡s/, c /t͡sʰ/, s /s/ before /i/ or /y/; and j /t͡ɕ/, q /t͡ɕʰ/, x /ɕ/ in Mandarin)
  2. (literary) crab
  3. (～音) (Chinese phonetics) the alveolar ("sharp") and alveolo-palatal ("round") series consonants (z /t͡s/, c /t͡sʰ/, s /s/ before /i/ or /y/; and j /t͡ɕ/, q /t͡ɕʰ/, x /ɕ/ in Mandarin)
  4. crab
2 合流 héliú
  1. to converge
  2. to flow together
  3. fig. to act alike
  4. to evolve together