What are the methods of analyzing the first syllable?

Syllables are not the smallest units of speech, it needs to be further analyzed, there are two main methods of analyzing syllables.

(1) Phonological analysis. This is a phonological method of analysis, which is applied to the analysis of Chinese syllables with the introduction of Western phonology. It breaks down the syllable into the smallest indivisible phonological unit, the phoneme, and then further analyzes several vowels and several consonants. For example, the syllable for "university" is "dɑ", which has two phonemes: the consonant "d" and the vowel The syllable for "ɑ", and "学" is "xue", which has three phonemes: the consonant "x" and the vowel sound There are three phonemes in the syllable "xue": the consonant "x" and the vowels "u" and "e". The advantage of this method of analysis is that it is more detailed and suitable for analyzing the phonology of any language in the world, which facilitates phonological comparisons between the various languages of the world.

(2) Phonetic analysis method. This is the traditional method of phonetic analysis in China. It focuses on the combination of structural parts of speech, analyzing the syllable into several components, the front part of the syllable for the vowel, the back part of the syllable for the rhyme, the pitch change throughout the syllable is the tone. The rhyming part is further divided into the beginning, the middle and the end. For example: "xiɑo (晓)" has the consonant "x" and the rhyme "iɑo", and the tone is upper tone, and the rhyme "iɑo The rhyme "iɑo" is divided into the beginning "i", the belly "ɑ" and the end "o". The advantage of this analysis method is that it is more in line with the reality of the Chinese language, such as the characteristics of tones.