声
调

Tone in Chinese: 声调 (shēng diào)

shēng diào

tone

HSK 5Traditional: 聲調2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1tone
  2. 2note
  3. 3a tone (on a Chinese syllable)

Stroke order

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声
调

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄥ

shēng

ㄕ/ shㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄉㄧㄠˋ

diào

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

声调

Simplified

聲調

Traditional

Example sentences

See 声调 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 她声调突然变了。

    tā shēng diào tū rán biàn le。

    There was a sudden change in her tone.

  • 请把音乐声调小！

    qǐng bǎ yīn yuè shēng diào xiǎo！

    Please lower the volume of the music!

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Related words

调

tiáo

to harmonize

声

shēng

sound

空调

kōng tiáo

air conditioning

声音

shēng yīn

voice

调查

diào chá

investigation

单调

dān diào

monotonous

调皮

tiáo pí

naughty

调整

tiáo zhěng

to adjust

强调

qiáng diào

to emphasize (a statement)

协调

xié tiáo

to coordinate

大声

dà shēng

loud voice

小声

xiǎo shēng

in a low voice

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