声母

shēng mǔ

Rare

Definitions

1. the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable
2. the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qīng] in 清[qīng])

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Words Containing 声母

líng shēng mǔ

(Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)

Child Words of 声母

mother

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