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声调
shēng diào
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- pinyin
- shēng diào
- simplified
- 声调
- traditional
- 聲調
1 · noun
tone
汉语音节中音高变化的形式。
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The teacher used hand gestures to help the students distinguish these two tones.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Candidate — listening review pending
老师用手势帮助学生区分这两个声调。
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