Standard Chinese (Mandarin) has stops and affricates distinguished by aspiration: for instance, /t tʰ/, /t͡s t͡sʰ/. In pinyin, tenuis stops are written with letters that represent voiced consonants in English, and aspirated stops with letters that represent voiceless consonants. Thus d represents /t/, and t represents /tʰ/.
Standard Chinese ( Mandarin ) has stops and affricates distinguished by aspiration : for instance , /t tʰ/ , /t͡s t͡sʰ/. In pinyin , tenuis stops are written with letters that represent voiced consonants in English , and aspirated stops with letters that represent voiceless consonants . Thus d represents /t/ , and t represents /tʰ/.
Mandarin has stops and affricates that are distinguished by what?
Mandarin has stops and affricates that are distinguished by what ?
aspiration
aspiration