Chinese symbol for “alveolar”
平舌音
píng shé yīn
alveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alveolar is 平舌音 (píng shé yīn), defined as: alveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “alveolar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舌尖前音 | shé jiān qián yīn | alveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 平舌音.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair; impartial |
| 平等 | píng děng | equal; equality |
| 舌头 (舌頭) | shé tou | tongue; 个 (gè) |
| 饶舌 (饒舌) | ráo shé | talkative; to blather |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.