口 气 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone 语 气 yǔ qì tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL:個|个[ge4] 声 调 shēng diào tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4] 音 质 yīn zhì tone / sound quality / timbre 话 音 huà yīn one's speaking voice / tone / implication 色 调 sè diào hue / tone 音 色 yīn sè tone / timbre / sound color 音 调 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone 调 子 diào zi tune / melody / tuning / cadence / intonation / (speech) tone 腔 调 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement 调 头 diào tou tone (of voice) / tune 乐 音 yuè yīn musical note / tone 笔 调 bǐ diào (of writing) tone / style 音 高 yīn gāo pitch (music) / tone 声 sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds 声 气 shēng qì voice / tone / information 调 to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody 音 sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) 调 门 diào mén melody / pitch or key (music) / tone / style / point of view 一 声 first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) 彩 铃 cǎi líng caller ring-back tone (CRBT) / ring-back tone (RBT) 轻 声 qīng shēng quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress 情 调 qíng diào sentiment / tone and mood / taste 流 露 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc 语 调 yǔ diào intonation / tone of voice / CL:個|个[ge4] 口 吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face 松 动 sōng dòng loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded 口 风 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech 校 风 xiào fēng the tone of a school / campus atmosphere 主 音 zhǔ yīn keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel 音 韵 yīn yùn music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character / phoneme 四 声 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 / and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin 韵 母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 变 调 biàn diào tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation 阳 平 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua 一 锤 定 音 yī chuí dìng yīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision 平 声 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin 话 茬 huà chá tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion 去 声 qù shēng falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin 纯 音 chún yīn pure tone 入 声 rù shēng entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese 上 声 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin 阴 平 yīn píng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua 回 铃 音 huí líng yīn ringback tone 升 调 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone 反 切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone 基 音 jī yīn fundamental tone 吕 lu:3 pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system 挫 obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen 嘞 lei sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval 定 调 dìng diào to set the tone 火 药 味 huǒ yào wèi smell of gunpowder / (fig.) combative tone / belligerence 连 续 变 调 lián xù biàn diào tone sandhi 声 调 轮 廓 shēng diào lún kuò tone contour 同 调 tóng diào same tone / in agreement with / homology (invariant of a topological space in math.) 二 声 èr shēng second tone 五 音 不 全 wǔ yīn bù quán tone deaf / unable to sing in tune 仄 声 zè shēng oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese) 促 声 cù shēng same as 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1] / entering tone 全 度 音 quán dù yīn whole tone (musical interval) 全 音 quán yīn whole tone (musical interval) 反 问 语 气 fǎn wèn yǔ qì tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question 口 锋 kǒu fēng manner of speech / tone of voice 哭 腔 kū qiāng sobbing tone / sob / dirge / opera tune portraying mourning 字 调 zì diào tone of a character 定 调 子 dìng diào zi to set the tone 带 调 dài diào to have a tone mark 押 平 声 韵 yā píng shēng yùn to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声) 按 键 音 àn jiàn yīn keypad tone / key tone 拨 号 音 bō hào yīn dial tone 暖 调 nuǎn diào warm tone / warm color 标 准 音 biāo zhǔn yīn standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz) 第 一 声 dì yī shēng first tone in Mandarin / high, level tone 第 三 声 dì sān shēng third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone 第 二 声 dì èr shēng second tone in Mandarin / rising tone 第 四 声 dì sì shēng fourth tone in Mandarin / falling tone 调 号 diào hào tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā / á / ǎ / à) / (music) key signature 阴 平 声 yīn píng shēng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua 阳 平 声 yáng píng shēng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua 韵 书 yùn shū rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by tone and rhyme rather than by radical) 韵 调 yùn diào rhyme and tone / intonation 笛 膜 dí mó membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone 膜 孔 mó kǒng hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone 音 痴 yīn chī tone deaf 声 线 shēng xiàn tone of voice / timbre 来 电 答 铃 lái diàn dá líng (Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call) 中 译 语 通 Zhōng yì Yǔ tōng Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company 定 下 dìng xià to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)
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