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- 古音
- [gǔyīn]
- Any of the pronunciations in ancient China. Traditional phonology of China once took the sound of characters in Pre-Qin period, and Han Dynasties as the Ancient Pronunciation, and that of Sui and Tang Dynasty as the Present Pronunciation. Now the former is called Ancient Pronunciation, the latter Middle Ancient Pronunciation, and Ancient Pronunciation by a joint name.
- 普通话
- [pǔtōnɡhuà]
- Putonghua; the common speech of the Chinese language; standard Chinese pronunciation. Standard Chinese, taking Beijing dialect as the basic pronunciation, the northern dialects as the basis and modern Chinese vernacular writings as grammar standards;mandarin
- 平声
- [píngshēng]
- level tone (the first of the four tones in classical Chinese pronunciation, which has evolved into the high and level tone 阴平 and the rising tone 阳平 in modern standard pronunciation)
- 1. falling tone (the third of the four tones in classical Chinese pronunciation)
- 2. falling tone (the fourth of the four tones in modern standard Chinese pronunciation)
