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五音

wǔ yīn

Definitions

  1. 1. five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
  2. 2. five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音hóu yīn, 牙音yá yīn, 舌音shé yīn, 齿音chǐ yīn, 唇音chún yīn

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