bilabial
Using both lips
Bilabial describes a sound made with both lips pressed together or brought close.
In phonetics, the term covers consonants like /p/, /b/, and /m/, where the upper and lower lips meet to form the sound.
The "b" in "baby" is a bilabial stop.
Consonant with blocked release
stop · phoneme · allophone · articulation · manner of articulation · aspiration · implosive · glide
Mouth's outer edges
- upper lipMouth's northern edge
- lower lipMouth's bottom boundary
- lip roundingPursing during speech
- oral cavityMouth's interior chamber
Rapid pitch oscillation
plosive
Consonant with blocked release
voiceless · stop · phoneme · allophone · articulation · manner of articulation · aspiration · implosive · glide · semivowel
lips
Mouth's outer edges
- upper lipMouth's northern edge
- lower lipMouth's bottom boundary
- lip roundingPursing during speech
oral cavity · mouth · compression · contact · release · burst · airstream
trill
Rapid pitch oscillation
Japanese
Of or from Nippon
Spanish · Korean · assimilation · gemination · nasalization