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平声
平聲
píngshēng
1. level or even tone
2. first and second tones in modern Mandarin

Character Breakdown

平
píng
flat, level, even; peaceful
HSK 3 5 丶
声
shēng
sound, noise; voice, tone, music
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (3)

阴平声
yīnpíngshēng
high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
阳平声
yángpíngshēng
evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
押平声韵
yāpíngshēngyùn
to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone [[平聲|平声]])

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