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声调 | 聲調
shēng diào
  1. 1 tone
  2. 2 note
  3. 3 a tone (on a Chinese syllable)
语气 | 語氣
yǔ qì
  1. 1 tone
  2. 2 manner of speaking
  3. 3 mood
口气 | 口氣
kǒu qì
  1. 1 tone of voice
  2. 2 the way one speaks
  3. 3 manner of expression
  4. 4 tone
流露
liú lù
  1. 1 to reveal (indirectly, implicitly)
  2. 2 to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
短促
duǎn cù
  1. 1 short in time
  2. 2 fleeting
  3. 3 brief
  4. 4 gasping (breath)
  5. 5 curt (tone of voice)
一声 | 一聲
yī shēng
  1. 1 first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
第一声 | 第一聲
dì yī shēng
  1. 1 first tone in Mandarin
  2. 2 high, level tone
上声 | 上聲
shǎng shēng
  1. 1 falling and rising tone
  2. 2 third tone in modern Mandarin
去声 | 去聲
qù shēng
  1. 1 falling tone
  2. 2 fourth tone in modern Mandarin
第三声 | 第三聲
dì sān shēng
  1. 1 third tone in Mandarin
  2. 2 falling-rising tone
第二声 | 第二聲
dì èr shēng
  1. 1 second tone in Mandarin
  2. 2 rising tone
定调子 | 定調子
dìng diào zi
  1. 1 to set the tone
二声 | 二聲
èr shēng
  1. 1 second tone
第四声 | 第四聲
dì sì shēng
  1. 1 fourth tone in Mandarin
  2. 2 falling tone
声 | 聲
shēng
  1. 1 sound
  2. 2 voice
  3. 3 tone
  4. 4 noise
  5. 5 reputation
  6. 6 classifier for sounds
入声 | 入聲
rù shēng
  1. 1 entering tone
  2. 2 checked tone
  3. 3 one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
平声 | 平聲
píng shēng
  1. 1 level or even tone
  2. 2 first and second tones in modern Mandarin
声气 | 聲氣
shēng qì
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 tone
  3. 3 information
四声 | 四聲
sì shēng
  1. 1 the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声
  2. 2 the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
调子 | 調子
diào zi
  1. 1 tune
  2. 2 melody
  3. 3 tuning
  4. 4 cadence
  5. 5 intonation
  6. 6 (speech) tone