舌尖音

Traditional form:

舌尖音

Pinyin (reading):

shéjiānyīn

Definitions:

• apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)

Characters:

• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper
• 尖 - sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

Traditional characters:

• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper
• 尖 - sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation