四声

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See also: 四聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 四声 – see 四聲 (“the four tones of Middle Chinese; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 四聲).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四 声
し
Grade: 1 		しょう
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
四聲 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
四 声
し
Grade: 1 		せい
Grade: 2
kan'on
Alternative spelling
四聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 四聲

Pronunciation

Noun

四(し)声(せい) or 四(し)声(しょう) • (shisei or shishō) 

  1. (Chinese phonetics, of Middle Chinese) the four tones

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
平仄(ひょうそく) (hyōsoku) 平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō) 仄声(そくせい) (sokusei)
四声(しせい) (shisei)
平上去入(ひょうじょうきょにゅう) (hyōjōkyonyū) 		平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō) 上声(じょうしょう) (jōshō) 去声(きょしょう) (kyoshō) 入声(にっしょう) (nisshō)
꜀◌ ꜂◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜆
◌〪 ◌〫 ◌〬 ◌〭
∅ ◌〮 ◌〯 ∅
꜀◌ ꜁◌ ꜂◌ ꜃◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜅ ◌꜆ ◌꜇
The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
四声(しせい) (shisei) 第一声(だいいっせい) (daīssei) 第二声(だいにせい) (dainisei) 第三声(だいさんせい) (daisansei) 第四声(だいよんせい) (daiyonsei) 軽声(けいせい) (keisei)
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