粵

音jam1調diu6

simp音调
jam1 diu6yīn diào

English

  1. pitch of voice (high or low)
  2. pitch (of a musical note)
  3. tone
  4. musical tone

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 聲音有幾尖或者有幾沉

Examples

  • 加埋有啲音調語言缺乏可分辨嘅輪廓,所有音調主要係平嘅,而音高嘅變化係唯一嘅區別。呢啲語言被稱為純平音語言。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 把低音调大。

    Turn up the bass.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 把电视声音调大点儿。

    Turn up the TV.

    Tatoeba · asosan CC BY

  • 其实,书面语我搞得相当好,但是口语中,我经常会记不起来某个字的音调。

    I'm actually relatively good at written language, but with spoken language I often can't remember the tone on some word.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

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

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