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See also: 四声

		four; 4	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (四聲)		四	聲
simp. (四声)		四	声

四聲

(linguistics, poetry) the four tones of Middle Chinese (traditional tone classes also used for modern varieties of Chinese)
(linguistics) the four tones of Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin)

(Middle Chinese): 平聲／平声 (píngshēng), 上聲／上声 (shǎngshēng), 去聲／去声 (qùshēng), 入聲／入声 (rùshēng)
(Mandarin): 陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng), 陽平／阳平 (yángpíng), 上聲／上声 (shǎngshēng), 去聲／去声 (qùshēng)