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上聲

上聲

See also: 上声

Chinese

 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (上聲)
simp. (上声)

Noun

上聲

  1. (linguistics) rising tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese; corresponds to tone 3 in Beijing Mandarin, tones 2 and 5 in Guangzhou Cantonese)

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