If in English pronunciation's short vowel, consonant cluster, by the fricative, the affricate conclusion syllable and so on do not have in Chinese.

如英语语音中的短元音、辅音连缀，以摩擦音、破擦音收尾音节等在汉语中都没有。

The uvular r's of French and the fricative, glottal ch's of German (and Scots) are essential to one's imagination of these languages and their speakers.

人们一听到法语的小舌音、摩擦音，或者德语(和苏格兰语)的喉音，就会对语言本身和语言的使用者产生各种想象。

The shifted of the sound changes phenomena in Shandong district proves that Round-mouth characters of Zhi-system read in labiodental firstly occur in fricative.

由这种音变现象在山东地区的地域流变情况可见，知系合口字的唇齿化有可能首先发生于擦音声母。

This paper compares approximants with continuants, semivowels, fricatives, liquids, and vowels, and identifies the initial ri in Mandarin as an approximant rather than a voiced fricative.

本文比较了近音与通音、半元音、擦音、流音、元音之间的异同，认定普通话日母是近音而非浊擦音。