四聲 sì shēng

DEFINITIONS

  1. 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
  2. the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin

CHARACTERS

四 sì four
聲 shēng sound, voice, noise; tone; music