[dz]→[tɕʰ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiced alveolar affricate to Voiceless aspirated alveolo-palatal affricate
Middle Chinese [dz] devoiced and was palatalized before [i, y] in Mandarin; in the level tone it surfaces as aspirated [tɕʰ].
Phonetic Effects
Palatalization, Devoicing, Aspiration
Language Examples
Middle Chinese 錢 dzjen 'coin'→qián [tɕʰjɛn]— Level-tone voiced initial → aspirated.
Middle Chinese 前 dzen 'front'→qián [tɕʰjɛn]
Middle Chinese 全 dzjwen 'whole'→quán [tɕʰɥɛn]
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