juggling, you are correct about yige; however, by convention, tone variations in 一 and 不 are never reflected in pinyin. In fact, no tone variations are ever represented; for example, even though 了解 is pronounced 2nd tone, 3rd tone, it is represented as 3rd tone + 3rd tone.
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September 17, 2012, 10:43 PMjuggling, you are correct about yige; however, by convention, tone variations in 一 and 不 are never reflected in pinyin. In fact, no tone variations are ever represented; for example, even though 了解 is pronounced 2nd tone, 3rd tone, it is represented as 3rd tone + 3rd tone.