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平聲

简平声 · 繁平聲

Mandarin · pinyin píng shēng

level or even tone
first and second tones in modern Mandarin

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平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
聲: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
声: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music

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2–1 · ping2 sheng1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ping4 sing1

Cantonese word readings for 平聲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(Chinese phonetics) level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)
(phonology) the ngang tone of Vietnamese

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