Pronunciation: 音乐 / 录音 (yin)

[licinio]

音乐 vs 录音

Do Mandarin speakers insert a semi-vowel sound before the yin in luyin to help tie it to a preceding vowel?

This semivowel sound should not be present in the yin of yinyue, although the Pinyin spelling may suggest such a pronunciation.

 

[Ghabi]

音乐 vs 录音

Do Mandarin speakers insert a semi-vowel sound before the yin in luyin to help tie it to a preceding vowel?

I'm not sure I get it ... Why do we need a glide before yin?

This semivowel sound should not be present in the yin of yinyue, although the Pinyin spelling may suggest such a pronunciation.

What does it suggest?

 

[licinio]

Well, the y at the beginning of the Pinyin spelling may induce the foreign learner to pronounce a semi-vowel. I know it's just a spelling convention, but I was wondering if you do pronounce a semi-consonant glide between the vowels of i.e. 录音 and have /lu yin/ as a sort of diphthong, rather than /lu in/ as a hiatus.

 

[xiaolijie]

At the beginning of a word (such as 音乐), 音 can be pronounced as /yin/ or /in/. They're free variations, and I think (but not absolutely sure ) it may be the same when 音 is in the middle of a word (such as 录音).

 

[dcyy]

chinese as a language is soft and conservative, we do not make sounds that take too much emergy to pronounce. Hence, no"y" in Lu yin

 

[YangMuye]

No semivowel is there. I'm pretty sure.

Usually Chinese speaker would insert a Glottal stop/ʔ/(slightly) before each syllable. It sometimes makes Chinese sound "hard".

xi'an /ɕiʔan/ 西安
xiyan /ɕiʔian/ 吸烟
xian /ɕiɛn/ 仙

This is also true at the beginning of a sentence
yi /ʔi/ 衣
an /ʔan/ 安
yan /ʔiɛn/ 烟
wan /ʔuan/ 弯
yuan /ʔyɛn/ 冤

The /ʔ/ before /a/ /e/ are very conspicuous.