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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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"word": "เสียงสนธิ"
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"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "變調"
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bin³ diu⁶",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "变调"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "變調"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biàndiào",
"sense": "change of tone",
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"sense": "change of tone",
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"word": "sandhi tonal"
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"word": "Tonsandhi"
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"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "tónusszandhi"
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"alt": "せいちょうへんか",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seichō henka",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "声調変化"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "henchō",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "変調"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeonjo",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "변조"
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"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "sur saṅdhī",
"sense": "change of tone",
"tags": [
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"word": "سُر سندھی"
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"roman": "tónovoje sándxi",
"sense": "change of tone",
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"word": "то́новое са́ндхи"
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"roman": "izmenénije tóna",
"sense": "change of tone",
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"word": "измене́ние то́на"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "sandhi tonal"
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"sense": "change of tone",
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"word": "tonsandhi"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sĭang sŏntí",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "เสียงสนธิ"
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"alt": "變調",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "biến điệu"
},
{
"alt": "變聲",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "biến thanh"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "bendiu"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "change of tone",
"word": "bienqdiuh"
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"word": "tone sandhi"
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