🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

语音表征

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yǔyīn biǎozhèng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phonetic representation/fəˈnɛt.ɪk ˌrɛp.rɪ.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"语音表征有助于准确记录人类的语音。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The precise notation of speech sounds using symbols, typically utilizing the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to capture actual physical or auditory properties of pronunciation.

    "The dictionary provides a phonetic representation for every headword to help language learners pronounce foreign words correctly."
  2. 2

    A formal transcription that details the allophonic and phonetic variations of an utterance.

    "Narrow phonetic representation captures fine-grained acoustic details such as aspiration and nasalization."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'phonetic' (from Greek phōnetikos, relating to speech sounds, from phōnē meaning voice or sound) and 'representation' (from Latin repraesentatio, to bring before the mind or exhibit). The compound term emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries within modern linguistics and phonology to describe the explicit notation of spoken sounds.

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🇫🇷French → English

représentation phonétique

Transliteration: ʁe.pʁe.zɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃ fɔ.ne.tik

"La représentation phonétique aide à comprendre la prononciation exacte."

🇩🇪German → English

phonetische Repräsentation

Transliteration: fɔˈneːtɪʃə ʁepʁezɛnɡtaˈtsi̯oːn

"Die phonetische Repräsentation zeigt die genaue Aussprache der Wörter."

🇮🇹Italian → English

rappresentazione fonetica

Transliteration: rap.pre.zen.taˈtsjo.ne foˈnɛ.ti.ka

"La rappresentazione fonetica è utile nello studio della linguistica."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

representación fonética

Transliteration: re.pɾe.sen.taˈsjon foˈne.ti.ka

"El diccionario incluye una representación fonética de cada término."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

representação fonética

Transliteration: ʁe.pɾe.zẽ.taˈsãw fuˈnɛ.tʃi.kɐ

"A representação fonética facilita a aprendizagem de novas línguas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

ध्वन्यात्मक निरूपण

Transliteration: dhvanyatmak nirupan

"उच्चारण समझने के लिए ध्वन्यात्मक निरूपण आवश्यक है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

语音表征

Transliteration: yǔyīn biǎozhèng

"语音表征有助于准确记录人类的语音。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

음성 표기

Transliteration: eumseong pyogi

"이 사전은 정확한 음성 표기를 제공합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

音声表示

Transliteration: onsei hyōji

"正確な音声表示は外国語学習に不可欠です。"

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