"四聲" meaning in Chinese

See 四聲 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sz̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sei̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /si²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /sz̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/, /sei̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/, /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã³³/, /si²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: sìshēng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙˋ ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sei³ sing¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sì-siaⁿ, sìshēng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄙˋ ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], sìhsheng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], ssŭ⁴-shêng¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], sz̀-shēng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], syhsheng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сышэн [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], syšɛn [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sei sīng [Cantonese, Yale], sei³ sing¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], séi³ xing¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sì-siaⁿ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sì-siann [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], siesviaf [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 四声
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 四聲
  1. (Chinese phonetics, poetry) the four tones of Middle Chinese (traditional tone classes also used for modern varieties of Chinese) Tags: Chinese
    Sense id: en-四聲-zh-noun-JM5qzfa1 Categories (other): Chinese phonetics, Poetry, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Chinese terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Four Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 45 41 14 Disambiguation of Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts: 49 39 12 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 51 38 11 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with redundant script codes: 58 33 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 41 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 40 17 Disambiguation of Four: 40 39 21 Topics: communications, human-sciences, journalism, linguistics, literature, media, phonetics, phonology, poetry, publishing, sciences, writing
  2. (linguistics) the four tones of Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-四聲-zh-noun-mWC9hgp7 Categories (other): Linguistics, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Four Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 45 41 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 41 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 40 17 Disambiguation of Four: 40 39 21 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. fourth tone; alternative name for 去聲/去声 (qùshēng, “departing tone”).
    Sense id: en-四聲-zh-noun-Lfx9Ji-m Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Four Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 45 41 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 41 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 40 17 Disambiguation of Four: 40 39 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 平平聲 (píngshēng), 平声 (píngshēng), 仄仄聲 (zèshēng), 仄声 (zèshēng), 上上聲 (shǎngshēng), 上声 (shǎngshēng), 去去聲 (qùshēng), 去声 (qùshēng), 入入聲 (rùshēng), 入声 (rùshēng), ꜀◌, ꜂◌, ◌꜄, ◌꜆, ◌〪, ◌〫, ◌〬, ◌〭, , ◌〮, ◌〯, 陰平 (yīnpíng), 阴平 (yīnpíng), 陽平 (yángpíng), 阳平 (yángpíng), 陰上 (yīnshǎng), 阴上 (yīnshǎng), 陽上 (yángshǎng), 阳上 (yángshǎng), 陰去 (yīnqù), 阴去 (yīnqù), 陽去 (yángqù), 阳去 (yángqù), 陰入 (yīnrù), 阴入 (yīnrù), 陽入 (yángrù), 阳入 (yángrù), ꜁◌, ꜃◌, ◌꜅, ◌꜇, 阴平一聲 (yīnpíng), 一声 (yīnpíng), 陽平 (èrshēng), 阳平二聲 (èrshēng), 二声 (èrshēng), 上聲 (sānshēng), 上声三聲 (sānshēng), 三声 (sānshēng), 去聲 (sìshēng), 去声四聲 (sìshēng), 四声 (sìshēng), 輕聲 (qīngshēng), 轻声 (qīngshēng)
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      "zh-pron": "sìshēng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄙˋ ㄕㄥ"
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        "standard"
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Yale"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "sei³ sing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "séi³ xing¹"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
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      "zh-pron": "sì-siaⁿ"
    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-siann"
    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siesviaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã³³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sei̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/"
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}
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    },
    {
      "word": "◌꜄"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌꜆"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌〪"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌〫"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌〬"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌〭"
    },
    {
      "word": "∅"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌〮"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌〯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnpíng",
      "word": "陰平"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnpíng",
      "word": "阴平"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángpíng",
      "word": "陽平"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángpíng",
      "word": "阳平"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnshǎng",
      "word": "陰上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnshǎng",
      "word": "阴上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángshǎng",
      "word": "陽上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángshǎng",
      "word": "阳上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnqù",
      "word": "陰去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnqù",
      "word": "阴去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángqù",
      "word": "陽去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángqù",
      "word": "阳去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnrù",
      "word": "陰入"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnrù",
      "word": "阴入"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángrù",
      "word": "陽入"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángrù",
      "word": "阳入"
    },
    {
      "word": "꜁◌"
    },
    {
      "word": "꜃◌"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌꜅"
    },
    {
      "word": "◌꜇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnpíng",
      "word": "阴平一聲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnpíng",
      "word": "一声"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èrshēng",
      "word": "陽平"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èrshēng",
      "word": "阳平二聲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èrshēng",
      "word": "二声"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānshēng",
      "word": "上聲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānshēng",
      "word": "上声三聲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānshēng",
      "word": "三声"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìshēng",
      "word": "去聲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìshēng",
      "word": "去声四聲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìshēng",
      "word": "四声"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngshēng",
      "word": "輕聲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngshēng",
      "word": "轻声"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Chinese phonetics",
        "zh:Poetry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the four tones of Middle Chinese (traditional tone classes also used for modern varieties of Chinese)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ],
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "Middle Chinese",
          "Middle Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Chinese phonetics, poetry) the four tones of Middle Chinese (traditional tone classes also used for modern varieties of Chinese)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "human-sciences",
        "journalism",
        "linguistics",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "sciences",
        "writing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the four tones of Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ],
        [
          "Mandarin",
          "Mandarin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) the four tones of Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fourth tone; alternative name for 去聲/去声 (qùshēng, “departing tone”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fourth",
          "fourth"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ],
        [
          "去聲",
          "去聲#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "去声",
          "去声#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "departing",
          "departing"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙˋ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei³ sing¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sì-siaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙˋ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìhsheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ssŭ⁴-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sz̀-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syhsheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сышэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syšɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei sīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei³ sing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "séi³ xing¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sei̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-siaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-siann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siesviaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sei̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "四聲"
}

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