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Why Pinyin's "声母" and "韵母" were translated as "Initials" and "Finals", but not as "sound-mother" and "rime-mother"? What is the meaning of "Initials" and "Finals" in Linguistics or Phonology?

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  • Kinda answered this in the other question before I saw the edits.
    – Mou某 ♦
    Aug 27 at 0:15
  • Thanks. Do you know any concepts similar to "Initials" and "Finals" in Linguistics or Phonology of other languages?
    – PdotWang
    Aug 27 at 1:02
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    @PdotWang Yes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllable describes multiple ways of analyzing syllables. The grouping is slightly different, but "onset" and "rime" are used in describing the phonology of languages all the time.
    – Stumpy Joe Pete
    Aug 27 at 2:45

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