介かい音おん

noun

medial; glide before the center vowel in Chinese phonology

Technical term in Chinese phonology referring to the glide (介音) that appears between the initial consonant and the main vowel, such as /j/ or /w/.

• 中ちゅう国ごく語ごの音おん節せつ構こう造ぞうでは、介かい音おんは声せい母ぼと韻いん母ぼの間あいだに位い置ちする。

  In Chinese syllable structure, the medial is positioned between the initial and the final.

• 「介かい音おん」という用よう語ごは、主おもに音おん韻いん論ろんの分ぶん野やで使つかわれる。

  The term 介音 is mainly used in the field of phonology.