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English
Mandarin Chinese examples
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| tones
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H
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MH
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MLH
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HL
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⋁
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\|/
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⋁
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| segments
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ɕi
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ɕi
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ɕi
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ɕi
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| gloss
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'bright'
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'practice'
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'happy'
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'play'
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‹熙›
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‹習›
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‹喜›
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‹戲›
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Alternative forms
Noun
tone-bearing unit (plural tone-bearing units)
- (phonology) In autosegmental phonology, a segment, usually a syllable nucleus, which can be associated with a tone.