Shuang

Syllable: "shuang"

Composition

Initial: sh-
Final: -uang
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

Medium
Can be written
- Pinyin: shuang
- IPA: [ʂu̯ɑŋ]
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ
- Wade-Giles: shuang
Linguistic description

voiceless post-alveolar retroflex fricative
glide
low back unrounded
voiced velar nasal

The pinyin "shuang" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "sh-" and the final "-uang".