A valved brass wind instrument that produces a mellow tone from a long, narrow tube that is coiled in a circle before ending in a flaring bell. 一种有活瓣的铜管乐器,从漩涡形且端部有喇叭口的又长又细的管子里发出圆润的乐音。
However, there are also some distinct differences, such as differences in the pronunciation of certain words that derive from entering tone syllables ( syllables ending on a plosive) in Middle Chinese. 但是河北方言与北京方言也有一些明显的差异,比如来源于中古汉语入声字(音节以爆破音结尾)的某些词语的发音就有差异。
A Survey and an Experiment on the Changes of Entering Tone with [-k] ending stop in Cantonese 关于广州话-k塞尾入声变化的调查实验