| 平舌音 |
píng shé yīn |
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge |
| 平 |
Píng |
surname Ping |
| 平 |
píng |
flat; level; smooth / to make even; to level / equal; on the same level / (bound form) fair; impartial / to tie; to draw / (bound form) average; ordinary / (bound form) calm; peaceful / (bound form) to quell; to suppress; to put down / (abbr. for 平声) / (coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米) |
| 舌 |
jī |
used in 喇舌 to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue" |
| 舌 |
shé |
tongue |
| 舌音 |
shé yīn |
coronal consonants of Middle Chinese |
| 音 |
yīn |
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) |