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陽平

简阳平 · 繁陽平

Mandarin · pinyin yáng píng

evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua

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陽: yáng · the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
阳: yáng · 'male' principle; light; sun

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2–2 · yang2 ping2

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noun

(～調, ～聲) (phonology) light level tone, a tone in various modern Chinese varieties, generally corresponding to the level tone and voiced onset in Middle Chinese, e.g. tone 2 (/˧˥/) in Standard Mandarin (marked with an acute accent ⟨´⟩ in Hanyu Pinyin and bopomofo), tone 4 (/˨˩/) in Guangzhou Cantonese, tone 2 (/˩/) in Meixian Hakka, and tone 5 (/˨˦/) in Xiamen/Taiwanese Hokkien (marked with a circumflex ⟨ˆ⟩ in Pe̍h-ōe-jī)

name

(archaic) Yangping Commandery (near present-day Qingfeng County, Henan)

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