粵

變bin3調diu6

simp变调
bin3 diu6biàn diào

English

  1. tone sandhi
  2. modified tone
  3. (music) to change key
  4. modulation
  5. tone sandhi

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 聲調嘅改變;而家喺好多漢語族嘅語言包括粵語都好常見,都可以叫做連續變調
  2. 改變聲調;喺好多語言包括粵語都好常見,都叫連續變調

Examples

  • 油麻地個地字變咗調,所以聽落同地下個地字唔同。

    The tone of 地 in 油麻地(Yau Ma Tei) has changed, so it sounds different from 地 in 地下(ground floor).

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

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