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).
Contained in
- 第四声(第四聲) fourth tone in Mandarin; falling tone
- 四声杜鹃(四聲杜鵑) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
- 卷32 志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 4
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 卷15 志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 3
- 卷四十八 列傳第三十八 陸澄 陸慧曉 陸杲 Volume 48 Biographies 38: Lu Cheng, Lu Huxiao, Lu Gao History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 3
- 卷一百三十一 志第八十四 樂六 Volume 131 Treatises 84: Music 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 卷二百〇七 志第一百六十 藝文六 Volume 207 Treatises 160: Arts and Literature 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 2
- 卷五十七 志第四十七 藝文一 Volume 57 Treatises 53: The Arts 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 2
- 卷二百〇二 志第一百五十五 藝文一 Volume 202 Treatises 155: Arts and Literature 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
Collocations
- 四声韵 (四聲韻) 四聲韻林 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷32 志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 — count: 7
- 四声指归 (四聲指歸) 四聲指歸 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷32 志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 — count: 3
- 四声谱 (四聲譜) 四聲譜 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十三 列傳第七 范雲 沈約 Volume 13: Fan Yun; Shen Yue — count: 3
- 余四声 (餘四聲) 餘四聲非正者皆濁 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 2
- 四声令牌 (四聲令牌) 那道士四聲令牌已畢 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 2
- 三四声 (三四聲) 笛弄晚風三四聲 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一回 Chapter 1 — count: 2
- 用四声 (用四聲) 沈約文章始用四聲 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷四十九 列傳第四十三 文學上 Volume 49: Men of Letters 1 — count: 2
- 磔四声 (磔四聲) 磔四聲 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷68 甄琛 高聰 Volume 68: Zhen Chen, Gao Cong — count: 2
- 何谓四声 (何謂四聲) 何謂四聲 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十三 列傳第七 范雲 沈約 Volume 13: Fan Yun; Shen Yue — count: 2
- 收四声 (收四聲) 燕樂以夾鍾收四聲 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 — count: 2