"tone number" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tone numbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tone number (plural tone numbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When we type the syllable \"shi\" in pinyin, we should always remember to put its tone number after it to avoid confusion."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number allocated to a syllable in various transliteration systems such as Hanyu Pinyin indicating the tone in which it is pronounced."
      ],
      "id": "en-tone_number-en-noun-SDBcidLY",
      "links": [
        [
          "transliteration",
          "transliteration"
        ],
        [
          "Hanyu Pinyin",
          "Hanyu Pinyin"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
          "word": "聲調數字"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shēngdiào shùzì",
          "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
          "word": "声调数字"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
          "word": "調號"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diàohào",
          "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
          "word": "调号"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
          "word": "tooninumero"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tónovyj nómer",
          "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "то́новый но́мер"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tone number"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tone numbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tone number (plural tone numbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When we type the syllable \"shi\" in pinyin, we should always remember to put its tone number after it to avoid confusion."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number allocated to a syllable in various transliteration systems such as Hanyu Pinyin indicating the tone in which it is pronounced."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transliteration",
          "transliteration"
        ],
        [
          "Hanyu Pinyin",
          "Hanyu Pinyin"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
      "word": "聲調數字"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngdiào shùzì",
      "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
      "word": "声调数字"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
      "word": "調號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàohào",
      "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
      "word": "调号"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
      "word": "tooninumero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tónovyj nómer",
      "sense": "number allocated to a syllable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "то́новый но́мер"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tone number"
}