tone; pitch of a character
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
the rise and fall of pitch in the pronunciation of a character; tone
technicalIn Chinese phonology, refers to the tonal pitch contour of a syllable or character. Also called 声调 (shēngdiào). See also 四声 (sìshēng).
Hàn汉
yǔ语
de的
zì字
diào调
yǒu有
sì四
gè个
jī基
běn本
lèi类
xíng型
。
Mandarin Chinese has four basic types of tones.
Xué学
xí习
zì字
diào调
duì对
wài外
guó国
rén人
lái来
shuō说
bǐ比
jiào较
kùn困
nan难
。
Learning tones is relatively difficult for foreigners.
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Zhè这
gè个
zì字
diào调
dú读
cuò错
le了
，
yì意
si思
jiù就
biàn变
le了
。
If you read this tone wrong, the meaning changes.