尖團

Chinese
alveolar affricate or fricative alveolo-palatal affricate or fricative
trad. (尖團) 尖 團
simp. (尖团) 尖 团

Etymology
alveolar and alveolo-palatal series consonants
Named after the different Manchu characters used to transcribe the sounds: ᡯ (dz) for z, ᡮ (ts') for c, ᠰ (s) for s vs [Term?] for j, [Term?] for q, ᡭ (h') for x.
crab
Short for 尖臍／尖脐 + 團臍／团脐.

Pronunciation

Noun

尖團

  1. (～音) (Chinese phonetics) the alveolar ("sharp") and alveolo-palatal ("round") series consonants (z /t͡s/, c /t͡sʰ/, s /s/ before /i/ or /y/; and j /t͡ɕ/, q /t͡ɕʰ/, x /ɕ/ in Mandarin)
    普通話不分尖團。 [MSC, trad.]
    普通话不分尖团。 [MSC, simp.]
    Pǔtōnghuà bùfēn jiāntuán. [Pinyin]
    Standard Mandarin does not distinguish between alveolars and alveolo-palatals (before high front vowels).
  2. (literary) crab

Derived terms

See also
  • 平翹／平翘
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