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Trad. 韻
- the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology)
- rhyme
- appeal
- charm
- (literary) pleasant sound
Trad. 篇韻
- abbr. for Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1] and Guangyun 廣韻|广韵[Guang3 yun4]
Trad. 廣韻
- Guangyun, Chinese rime dictionary 韻書|韵书[yun4 shu1] from 11th century, containing 26,194 single-character entries
Trad. 音韻
- music
- rhyme and rhythm
- initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character
- phoneme
Trad. 切韻
- Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries
Trad. 喉韻
- pleasant aftertaste in the back of the throat (esp. when drinking tea)
Trad. 韻事
- poetic occasion
- elegant situation
- in literature, the cue for a poem
Trad. 韻尾
- (phonology) coda, the part of a syllable that follows its vocalic nucleus (e.g. "u" in kòu or "n" in běn)
Trad. 韻律
- cadence
- rhythm
- rhyme scheme
- meter (in verse)
- (linguistics) prosody
Trad. 韻書
- rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by tone and rhyme rather than by radical)
Trad. 韻母
- the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang")
Trad. 韻目
- rhyme entry
- subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme)
Trad. 集韻
- Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century
Trad. 小韻
- homophone group (group of homophone characters, in a rhyme book)
Trad. 餘韻
- pleasant lingering effect
- memorable stylishness
- haunting tune
- aftertaste (of a good wine etc)
Trad. 音韻學
- Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)
Trad. 兒化韻
- (Chinese phonetics) syllable final with r-coloring; rhotacized syllable final
Trad. 鼻韻母
- (of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant
Trad. 風流韻事
- poetic and passionate (idiom); romance
- love affair
Trad. 韻人韻事
- a charming man enjoys charming pursuits (idiom)
Trad. 押平聲韻
- to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声)
Trad. 風韻猶存
- (of an aging woman) still attractive
Trad. 古今韻會舉要
- "Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会