diaeresis in Chinese
diaeresis in Chinese is 分音符 — diaeresis means in linguistics, the splitting of what would normally be one syllable, especially a diphthong, into two separate syllables, or a gap between vowel sounds in neighboring syllables with no consonant between them.
diaeresis in Chinese
分音符
Pronounced: fēn yīn fú
(orthography) The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.
What does "diaeresis" mean?
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noun In linguistics, the splitting of what would normally be one syllable, especially a diphthong, into two separate syllables, or a gap between vowel sounds in neighboring syllables with no consonant between them.
"Poets sometimes rely on diaeresis to stretch a diphthong into two beats for the meter."
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noun The mark of two dots placed over a vowel, usually the second of two vowels in a row, to show that it is pronounced as its own syllable.
"The word naïve is sometimes written with a diaeresis over the i."
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diaeresis in a sentence
- Poets sometimes rely on diaeresis to stretch a diphthong into two beats for the meter.
- Linguists use diaeresis to describe vowels that are pronounced in separate syllables rather than blended together.
- The word naïve is sometimes written with a diaeresis over the i.
- Some style guides still print coöperate with a diaeresis to keep the two vowels apart.
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What is "diaeresis" in Chinese?
"diaeresis" in Chinese is 分音符. diaeresis means: In linguistics, the splitting of what would normally be one syllable, especially a diphthong, into two separate syllables, or a gap between vowel sounds in neighboring syllables with no consonant between them.
How do you pronounce 分音符?
"diaeresis" in Chinese is 分音符, pronounced "fēn yīn fú".
How do you use "diaeresis" in a sentence?
Example: "Poets sometimes rely on diaeresis to stretch a diphthong into two beats for the meter." In Chinese, "diaeresis" is 分音符.
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