Mandarin phonology
E57275
Mandarin phonology is the sound system of Standard Chinese, encompassing its consonants, vowels, tones, and syllable structure.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modern Standard Mandarin phonology | 1 |
| Standard Chinese phonology | 1 |
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of Mandarin Chinese
ⓘ
phonological system ⓘ |
| hasCodaTypes |
nasal coda
ⓘ
rhotic coda ⓘ vowel coda ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
consonant inventory
ⓘ
phonotactics ⓘ prosody ⓘ syllable structure ⓘ tone system ⓘ vowel inventory ⓘ |
| hasConsonantManner |
affricate
ⓘ
approximant ⓘ fricative ⓘ lateral approximant ⓘ nasal ⓘ stop ⓘ |
| hasConsonantPlace |
alveolar
ⓘ
bilabial ⓘ dental ⓘ labiodental ⓘ palatal ⓘ retroflex ⓘ velar ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
alveolo-palatal consonants
ⓘ
aspiration contrast in stops and affricates ⓘ lack of voiced obstruents ⓘ lexical tone ⓘ limited coda consonants ⓘ limited consonant clusters ⓘ medial glides ⓘ mora-like weight distinctions in some analyses ⓘ neutral tone ⓘ palatal consonants ⓘ phonemic tones ⓘ r-coloring ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ simple syllable structure ⓘ syllabic nasal ⓘ syllable-timed rhythm ⓘ tone sandhi ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfTones | 4 ⓘ |
| hasOnsetTypes |
single consonant onset
ⓘ
zero onset ⓘ |
| hasPhonotacticConstraint |
no consonant clusters in onset
ⓘ
no obstruent codas ⓘ only /n/ and /ŋ/ as nasal codas in most analyses ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
retroflexion of er-suffix
ⓘ
third tone sandhi ⓘ tone neutralization in unstressed syllables ⓘ |
| hasSyllableTemplate | (C)(G)V(X)(T) ⓘ |
| hasVowelType |
diphthong
ⓘ
monophthong ⓘ tripthong ⓘ |
| includesTone |
dipping tone
ⓘ
falling tone ⓘ high-level tone ⓘ neutral tone ⓘ rising tone ⓘ |
| influences | Mandarin accent in other languages ⓘ |
| isBasedOnDialect | Beijing dialect ⓘ |
| isDescribedIn | International Phonetic Alphabet ⓘ |
| isStandardizedIn |
Greater China
ⓘ
surface form:
Mainland China
Singapore ⓘ Formosa ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| isStudiedInField |
Chinese linguistics
ⓘ
phonology ⓘ second language acquisition ⓘ |
| languageOf |
Guoyu
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
surface form:
Putonghua
Standard Chinese ⓘ |
| usesRomanization |
Hanyu Pinyin
ⓘ
surface form:
Pinyin
Wade–Giles ⓘ Zhuyin ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Modern Standard Mandarin phonology
this entity surface form:
Standard Chinese phonology