声母

Traditional: 聲母
shēng mǔ
Dictionary entry
the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable

What does 声母 mean?

声母 (shēng mǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable
2the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1])

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How to pronounce 声母

声母
shēng mǔ
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