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四sei3聲sing1

simp四声
sei3 sing1sì shēng

English

  1. the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声
  2. the four traditional tone categories in Chinese languages
  3. the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 漢語系語言嘅傳統聲調分類,分別係平聲、上聲、去聲、入聲

Examples

  • 中文是有四声的语言。

    Chinese is a language that has four tones.

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

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