1. four tones (of Chinese)
2. Four tones (Chinese)The four tones of Chinese poetry and dialectology are four traditional tone classes of Chinese words which derive from the four phonemic tones of Middle Chinese. They are even AKA level (平 píng), rising (上 shǎng), going AKA departing (去 qù), and entering AKA checked (入 rù). (The last three are collectively referred to as oblique 仄, an important concept in the tone patterns of Chinese poetry.
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