Short tones
Revision as of 06:56, 27 April 2015 by LearnTaiwanese (talk | contribs) (→word-final {{w|stop consonant}}s)
Tefym 🔊 (tea+ym; 短音; short tones)
Chiok'ym
Chiok'ym 🔊 (chiog-ym; 促音; short tone)
- Køf-chiok'ym (高促音; high, #8, 5ʔ)
- Tef-chiok'ym (低促音; low, #4, 3ʔ)
word-final stop consonants
- 開放促音 (Glottal stop, h/q): ciah, phaq 🔊(eat, hit)
- 唇上促音 (Bilabial stop, p/b): zap, kab 🔊 (ten, with)
- 舌前促音 (Alveolar stop, t/d): zhat, pid 🔊 (thief, pen)
- 喉頂促音 (Velar stop, k/g): pak, hog 🔊 (to lease, fortune)
- Note: The glottal "q" often sandhi's into shouting tone: bahzaxng 🔊