retroflex

adj.

1. 向后弯曲的；后屈的；反曲的
   turned backwards
2. 卷舌的
   produced with the end of the tongue turned up against the hard palate

1. This thesis presents a research on recognizing the retroflex and non-retroflex speech sounds for Mandarin Chinese.
   本论文是针对华语卷舌音与非卷舌音辨识之研究。
2. Retroflex endoscopic mucosal resection for laterally spreading tumors in the super-low rectum
   内镜反转黏膜切除术治疗大型超低位直肠侧向发育型肿瘤18例临床应用
3. Taiwan's Mandarin force is not without retroflex?
   台湾的国语力是不是没有卷舌音？
4. Feature Geometry Analyses of the Retroflex Suffixation in Xuzhou Dialect
   徐州话儿化现象的特征几何分析
5. But the Qian'an dialect hasn't retroflex finals, this phonetic feature and other factors make it's r-ending retroflexion compared with ther-ending retroflexion in Beijing demonstrate own feature.
   但迁安方言中没有卷舌韵母，这一语音特点同其他一些因素使得儿化与北京话的儿化相比表现出了自己的特点。
6. 3, Retroflex final shape after high-frequency use, the main vowel will gradually change over a long period of adjustment instead, the complex more retroflex final summary, the gradual reduction in the number of rhyme categories system gradually simplified.
   儿化韵形成之后，在高频率的使用中，主要元音会渐渐变化，经过长期的调整归并，儿化韵由繁趋简，数目逐渐减少，韵类系统逐渐简化。
7. Based on these considerations, to begin with, a systematic assumption made concerning the underlying representation of the vowel inventory and segmental structure of the retroflex suffix is given.
   基于上述考虑，论文首先对普通话元音系统和儿化后缀的音段结构进行了分析，提出底层元音系统有六个单元音的假设。
8. To the modern times, among some dialects there still exists the retroflex suffix that can be a syllable independently, but most has already developed into the retroflex, the distribution of two kinds of phenomena is uneven too.
   至现代在某些方言中还存在独立成音节的儿缀，但大多已发展成儿化，两种现象的分布不平衡。
9. Retroflex suffixation of place names is a very common phenomenon in Beijing.
   北京地名的儿化现象十分普遍。
10. From the phonological point of view, when a syllable is followed by the [ r] suffix, its rhyme will go through a series of phonological alterations under the influence of the feature [+ retroflex].
    从音系学的角度讲，当一个音节后接儿缀时，该音节的韵母会在[+retroflex]（卷舌性）特征的作用下发生一系列的音系变化。
11. Retroflex suffixation in Chinese is a phenomenon of syllable merger.
    汉语儿化是一种音节融合现象。

verb

1. articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
   1. Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants

2. bend or turn backward

   Synonym:    replicate

adj

1. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

   Synonym:    cacuminal

2. bent or curved backward

   Synonym:    retroflexed