noun
aspirated consonant; aspirate
Linguistics term for a consonant pronounced with a strong burst of breath, such as the English 'p' in 'pin'. In Japanese phonology, voiceless stops like /p, t, k/ are lightly aspirated in certain positions.
英語の「pin」の[p]は有気音で、「spin」の[p]は無気音です。
The [p] in English 'pin' is an aspirated consonant, while the [p] in 'spin' is unaspirated.
中国語では有気音と無気音が意味の区別に関わります。
In Chinese, aspirated and unaspirated consonants distinguish meaning.