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。
