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Mandarin · pinyin shēng xùn

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聲: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
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声: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
训: xùn · teach, instruct; exegesis

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Mandarin tones

1–4 · sheng1 xun4

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