女國音

Chinese

female; woman; daughter government-approved standard Chinese pronunciation; national pronunciation
trad. (女國音) 國音
simp. (女国音) 国音

Pronunciation


Noun

女國音

  1. A phenomenon in Beijing where young women pronounce Mandarin /tɕ/ (Pinyin j), /tɕʰ/ (q), and /ɕ/ (x) as /ts/ (z), /tsʰ/ (c), and /s/ (s).