Meaning of 入声
入声 means entering tone; checked tone (the fourth tone in Middle Chinese, characterized by a short, abrupt pronunciation with a final stop consonant [-p, -t, -k] in earlier forms). Pronounced rù shēng.
- entering tone; checked tone (the fourth tone in Middle Chinese, characterized by a short, abrupt pronunciation with a final stop consonant [-p, -t, -k] in earlier forms)
Definitions & Examples
Rù入
shēng声
zì字
zài在
xiàn现
dài代
pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
zhōng中
fēn分
bié别
dú读
zuò作
yīn阴
píng平
、
yáng阳
píng平
、
shǎng上
shēng声
hé和
qù去
shēng声
。
Characters with the entering tone are pronounced as the first, second, third, and fourth tones in modern Standard Mandarin.
Yuè粤
yǔ语
wán完
zhěng整
de地
bǎo保
liú留
le了
gǔ古
hàn汉
yǔ语
de的
rù入
shēng声
。
Cantonese has completely preserved the entering tone of Old Chinese.
"
Bái白
"
zì字
zài在
zhōng中
gǔ古
hàn汉
yǔ语
zhōng中
shì是
gè个
rù入
shēng声
zì字
，
dú读
zuò作
[
-bak-
b
a
k
]
。
The character "白" was an entering-tone character in Middle Chinese, pronounced as [-bak].