Meaning of 变调
变调 means to undergo tone sandhi; (of a syllable) to change its original tone when in a tonal context; to modulate; to change key (in music); to shift tone. Pronounced biàn diào.
- to undergo tone sandhi; (of a syllable) to change its original tone when in a tonal context
- to modulate; to change key (in music); to shift tone
- (of speaking) to change one's original tone or accent, often due to strong emotion
Definitions & Examples
Zài在
pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
zhōng中
，
“
nǐ你
hǎo好
”
de的
“
nǐ你
”
zì字
fā发
shēng生
le了
biàn变
diào调
。
In Mandarin, the character 'nǐ' in 'nǐ hǎo' undergoes tone sandhi.
Xué学
xí习
lián连
dú读
biàn变
diào调
shì是
duì对
wài外
hàn汉
yǔ语
yǔ语
yīn音
jiào教
xué学
de的
zhòng重
diǎn点
zhī之
yī一
。
Learning tone sandhi is one of the key points in teaching Chinese phonetics to foreigners.
Zhè这
liǎng两
gè个
shǎng上
shēng声
zì字
lián连
dú读
，
dì第
yī一
gè个
yào要
biàn变
diào调
wéi为
yáng阳
píng平
。
When these two third-tone characters are read together, the first one must change to a second tone.