英 [ˈsemivaʊəl] 美 [ˈsemivaʊəl]
n. 半元音（如 w, j 等）；半元音字（如y, ng 等）
semivowel /ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl/
名词 a vowel-like sound that acts like a consonant, in that it serves the same function in a syllable carrying the same amount of prominence as a consonant relative to a true vowel, the nucleus of the syllable. In English and many other languages the chief semivowels are (w) in well and (j), represented as y, in yell 半元音
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
同义词： glide
半元音-引用次数：3
Zero initial syllables are the syllables that aren't beginning with consonants,including the two syllables beginning with the vowel and the semivowel.
本文所指零声母音节是不以辅音声母开头的音节,包括以元音开头的音节和以半元音开头的音节两类。
参考来源零声母音节演变成辅音声母音节研究
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Syllable is a nonsignificant composite sound, made up of a mute and a Letter having a sound (a vowel or semivowel); for GR, without an a, is just as much a Syllable as GRA, with an a.
音节是由一个哑音字母和一个发声字母(元音或者半元音)构成的无意义的复合声音，没有A时GR是一个音节，而有a时gra也是一个音节。
Syllable is a nonsignificant composite sound, made up of a mute and a Letter having a sound (a vowel or semivowel ); for GR, without an A, is just as much a Syllable as GRA, with an A.
音节是由一个哑音字母和一个发声字母（元音或者半元音）构成的无意义的复合声音，没有A时GR是一个音节，而有A时GRA也是一个音节。
A Syllable is a nonsignificant composite sound, made up of a mute and a Letter having a sound (a vowel or semivowel); for GR, without an a, is just as much a Syllable as GRA, with an a.
音节是由一个哑音字母和一个发声字母(元音或者半元音)构成的无意义的复合声音，没有A时GR是一个音节，而有a时gra也是一个音节。