Meaning of 上声
上声 means the rising tone; second of the four traditional tones in Middle Chinese; the third tone in modern Standard Mandarin; falling-rising tone. Pronounced shàng shēng.
- the rising tone; second of the four traditional tones in Middle Chinese
- the third tone in modern Standard Mandarin; falling-rising tone
Definitions & Examples
“
Mǎ马
”
hé和
“
niǎo鸟
”
zài在
gǔ古
dài代
dōu都
shǔ属
yú于
shàng上
shēng声
。
The characters 'horse' and 'bird' both belonged to the rising tone in ancient Chinese.
Shàng上
shēng声
zì字
zài在
táng唐
shī诗
zhōng中
yǒu有
zhe着
tè特
dìng定
de的
gé格
lǜ律
wèi位
zhì置
。
Characters of the rising tone have specific prosodic positions in Tang poetry.