四声 (四聲) sì shēng

sì shēng set phrase the four tones of Chinese phonetics
Domain: Linguistics 语言学 , Subdomain: Phonetics
Notes: Either the four tones of classical Chinese phonetics as was spoken in Middle Chinese. These are: level or even tone 平声, third tone 上声, fourth tone 去声, entering tone 入声 or the four tones of modern standard Chinese pronunciation, namely: First or high level tone 阴平声, Second or rising tone 阳平声, Third or low-falling-raising tone 上声, Fourth or falling tone 去声 (Norman 1988, pp. 52-57).

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