semivowel

noun

1. 半元音
   a speech sound that sounds like a vowel but functions as a consonant, for example /w/ and /j/ in the English words wet and yet

1. ( of notes) raised half a tone in pitch a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate ( like the initial sound in the English word` yeast ').
   （指音符）升半音的舌头位于上腭附近发出的半元音（象英语单词“yeast”中的首音。
2. 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。
3. A semivowel, one having an audible sound by the addition of another Letter; e.g.S and R.
   半元音是由另一个字母辅助才能够发出声音的字母，比如S或R；
4. The preface presents general introduction about the study on semivowel [ j] and [ w] which researchers did.
   普通话半元音动态腭位研究前言主要介绍了前人研究[j]、[w]音的概况。

noun

1. a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

   Synonym:    glide