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陰平

简阴平 · 繁陰平

Mandarin · pinyin yīn píng

high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua

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平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
阴: yīn · 'female' principle; dark; secret

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1–2 · yin1 ping2

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(～調, ～聲) (phonology) dark level tone, a tone in various modern Chinese varieties, generally corresponding to the level tone and voiceless onset in Middle Chinese, e.g. tone 1 (/˥/) in Standard Mandarin (marked in Hanyu Pinyin with a macron [ ¯ ] and usually left unmarked in bopomofo), tone 1 (/˥/) in Guangzhou Cantonese, tone 1 (/˦/) in Meixian Hakka, tone 1 (/˦/) in Xiamen/Taiwanese Hokkien (unmarked in Pe̍h-ōe-jī)

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