Difference between revisions of "Zan"

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Composition

Initial: z-
Final: -an
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

Medium
Can be written
- Pinyin: zan
- IPA: [tsan]
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄢ
- Wade-Giles: tsan
Linguistic description

voiceless unaspirated dental affricate
low central unrounded
voiced dental nasal

The pinyin "zan" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "z-" and the final "-an". [[ipa::[tsan]| ]]