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声调
聲調
shēngdiào
1. tone
2. note
3. a tone (on a Chinese syllable)
4. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 5 Common • Top 20%

Character Breakdown

声
shēng
sound, noise; voice, tone, music
HSK 3 7 丶
调
diào
tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
HSK 3 10 丶

Compound Words (2)

声调语言
shēngdiàoyǔyán
tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
声调轮廓
shēngdiàolúnkuò
tone contour

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
16,539 of 84,292