音素

yīnsù
phoneme

CEDICT

  1. (phonology) phoneme
  2. phoneme

Wiktionary

語音中最小的單位。如漢語音節ā(啊)只有一個音素，ài(愛)有兩個音素，ｄāi(呆)有三個音素等。音素可以分元音、輔音兩大類。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 音 yīn
  1. sound
  2. noise
  3. note (of musical scale)
  4. tone
  5. news
  6. syllable
  7. reading (phonetic value of a character)
2 素 sù
  1. raw silk
  2. white
  3. plain, unadorned
  4. vegetarian (food)
  5. essence
  6. nature
  7. element
  8. constituent
  9. usually
  10. always
  11. ever

Containing this entry

音素文字 yīnsùwénzì

Related entries

音位 yīnwèi phoneme
音韻 yīnyùn
  1. music
  2. rhyme and rhythm
  3. initial, 音 yīn, and final and tone, 韻 yùn, of a Chinese character
  4. phoneme