粵

去heoi3聲sing1

simp去声
heoi3 sing1qù shēng

English

  1. falling tone
  2. fourth tone in modern Mandarin
  3. the departing or falling tone category in Chinese languages (despite its name the actual pitch varies across languages, not necessarily falling)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 漢語系語言嘅傳統嘅聲調分類,係四聲之一,字面上指字音下沉、減弱嘅聲調,喺傳統詩律入面屬於仄聲;而喺粵語入面就分咗做陰去同陽去兩組,分別歸入第三聲同第六聲。

Examples

  • 丑闻让他付出了失去声誉的代价。

    That scandal cost him his reputation.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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