舌尖后音

Traditional form:

舌尖後音

Pinyin (reading):

shéjiānhòuyīn

Definitions:

• retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)

Characters:

• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper
• 尖 - sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
• 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

Traditional characters:

• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper
• 尖 - sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
• 後 - after; behind, rear; descendants
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation