單元音粵拼daan1 jyun4 jam1英文monophthong)係指一個元音發音由頭到尾都唔會點變,例如廣東話裏面

saa1(對應嘅漢字:沙、紗)就係一個單元音;而
saai1(對應嘅漢字:嘥),隻字個元音(aai1)由兩截組成⸺aa1i1,所以就算係一個單元音[1]

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  1. Zee, Eric (1999), "Chinese (Hong Kong Cantonese)" (PDF), Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.