vô thanh

Definition

1. Adjective (Linguistics):
   • Voiceless: Describes a speech sound, typically a consonant, produced without vibration of the vocal cords. The airflow from the lungs passes through the vocal tract unobstructed by vocal fold vibration.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Âm /p/ và /t/ trong tiếng Việt là âm vô thanh. (The sounds /p/ and /t/ in Vietnamese are voiceless sounds.)
  • Cần phân biệt phụ âm hữu thanh và phụ âm vô thanh. (It is necessary to distinguish between voiced and voiceless consonants.)

Advanced Usage

• "phụ âm vô thanh": voiceless consonant. This is the most common compound term.
  • Nhóm phụ âm vô thanh trong tiếng Anh bao gồm /k/, /f/, /s/. (The group of voiceless consonants in English includes /k/, /f/, /s/.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hữu thanh (adj): voiced. The direct antonym, describing sounds produced with vocal cord vibration.

Synonyms

• Unvoiced: A less common but equivalent synonym in linguistics.
• Surd (Technical): A technical term from phonetics, equivalent to voiceless.

Related Concepts

• Bật hơi (Aspiration): A burst of air that can accompany the release of a voiceless consonant, as in the English /p/ in "pin".
• Thanh môn (Glottis): The part of the larynx where the vocal cords are located; its state (open or closed) determines voicing.