Definition

1. Adjective (Tính từ):
   • Voiced (in phonetics): Describes a speech sound produced with vibration of the vocal cords. When pronouncing a voiced sound, you can feel a vibration in your throat if you touch it.
   • Sonorous (in a broader, literary sense): Having a full, rich, and resonant sound. This usage is less common in everyday language.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Trong tiếng Anh, các phụ âm /b/, /d/, /g/ là các âm hữu thanh. (In English, the consonants /b/, /d/, /g/ are voiced sounds.)
  • Âm /z/ là âm hữu thanh, trong khi âm /s/ là âm vô thanh. (The sound /z/ is voiced, while the sound /s/ is voiceless.)
  • Giọng nói hữu thanh của ông ấy vang khắp khán phòng. (His sonorous voice filled the auditorium.) [Literary/Advanced usage]

Advanced Usage

• "Âm hữu thanh": This is the most common and precise term, specifically meaning "voiced sound" or "voiced phoneme" in linguistics.
  • Sự khác biệt giữa âm hữu thanh và âm vô thanh rất quan trọng trong ngôn ngữ học. (The distinction between voiced and voiceless sounds is very important in linguistics.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vô thanh (adj): Voiceless. The direct opposite of "hữu thanh".
  • Âm /p/, /t/, /k/ là những âm vô thanh. (/p/, /t/, /k/ are voiceless sounds.)
• Thanh hầu (n): Glottis (the part of the larynx containing the vocal cords).
• Dây thanh (n): Vocal cords.

Synonyms

• Có rung động dây thanh: Literally "with vocal cord vibration". This is a descriptive synonym used in teaching.
• Sonore (French loanword, used in academic contexts): Sonorous, voiced.

Related Phrases / Collocations

• Phụ âm hữu thanh: Voiced consonant.
• Nguyên âm hữu thanh: Voiced vowel. (Note: All vowels in Vietnamese and English are typically voiced.)
• Cặp đối lập hữu thanh/vô thanh: Voiced/voiceless opposition pair (e.g., /b/ vs /p/, /d/ vs /t/).

1. (ngôn ngữ học) Voiced