四聲 sì shēng

the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
四 sì HSK 1
four; 4
聲 shēng
sound; voice; noise