tone-bearing unit
English
| tones | H |
MH |
MLH |
HL |
| |
⋁ |
\|/ |
⋁ | |
| segments | ɕi |
ɕi |
ɕi |
ɕi |
| gloss | 'bright' | 'practice' | 'happy' | 'play' |
| ‹熙› | ‹習› | ‹喜› | ‹戲› | |
| Tone-bearing units indicated in bold. | ||||
Alternative forms
Noun
tone-bearing unit (plural tone-bearing units)
- (phonology) In autosegmental phonology, a segment, usually a syllable nucleus, which can be associated with a tone.
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