四声 sì shēng

the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 53528th word

Definitions

  1. 1. the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
  2. 2. the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone píng shēng, rising tone shǎng shēng, departing tone qù shēng and entering tone rù shēng

Characters

Character Meaning
four; 4
sound; voice; noise