affricative

1. On the Compound Consonant Combined with Fricative and Affricative in Ancient Times
   论上古塞音擦音组合复辅音
2. We concentrate on the different pronunciations of stop and affricative initials nowadays in Min dialects and think it the result of the overlap of many phonetics levels during the involvement of min dialects.
   通过分析古全浊声母中的塞音、塞擦音字在现代闽语的读音异同，结论认为这是闽语自身演变的多种语音层次叠置的结果。

noun

1. a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

   Synonym:    affricateaffricate consonant