(n) a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex, Syn. medial geniculate, corpus geniculatum mediale
[韵母 / 韻母, yùn mǔㄩㄣˋ ㄇㄨˇ] medial and final of a Chinese syllable (excluding initial consonant and tone); the rhyming part of a Chinese syllable; rhyme; vowel; character used in traditional phonetics to indicate value of rhyme; final sound; phoneme#51253
[かいこうおん, kaikouon] (n) (1) (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (2) (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
[ごうこうおん, goukouon] (n) (1) (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (2) (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds