Difference between revisions of "Fou"

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Composition

Initial: f-
Final: -ou
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

Low
Can be written
- Pinyin: fou
- IPA: [fɤʊ̯]
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄡ
- Wade-Giles: fou
Linguistic description

voiceless labiodental fricative
mid back unrounded
diphthong

The pinyin "fou" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "f-" and the final "-ou". [[ipa::[fɤʊ̯]| ]]