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Standard Chinese Tones

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Chao, 1968 (lccn: 65010576) / A grammar of spoken Chinese / Chapter 1. Introduction / p.1 / 1.3. / Phonology / p.18 / 1.3.4. Tones / p.25 / (1) Nature of Tones / Mandarin has four tones, usually numbered as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Tones. / p.26 / (un-numbered table) / Tone, Chinese Name, Description, Pitch, Graph / 1st Tone, 陰平 Inpyng, High-level, 55:, (snip) / 2nd Tone, 陽平 Yangpyng, High-rising, 35:, (snip) / 3rd Tone, 上声 Shaangsheng, Low-dipping, 214:, (snip) / 4th Tone, 去声 Chiuhsheng, High-falling, 51:, (snip) (English)
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Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) / There are four tones: (1) high level, (2) high rising crescendo, (3) low falling diminuendo with glottal friction (with an extra rise from low to high when final), and (4) falling diminuendo. (English)
ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Japanese)
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四声 しせい / 声調のうち, ... / 現代北京語では, ... ,陰平 (1声) ,陽平 (2声) ,上声 (3声) ,去声 (4声) の4声調になっている。その調型は,陰平声=高平調,陽平声=上昇調,上声=低平で最後が上昇,去声=下降調である。 (Japanese)

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