TONE  音調

SOUND at a DEFINED PITCH as PART of a MUSICAL SYSTEM.
Hypernym
  • SOUNDWHAT CAN be HEARD.
    • HEARPERCEIVE SOUND.
      • PERCEIVEBECOME AWARE of BECAUSE one INTERACTS WITH.
        • AWAREABLE to VOLUNTARILY:deliberately REACT to. ...
See also
Modern Chinese Criteria
音

first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH

Old Chinese Contrasts
CHANGDUANJING:

樂書曰：

知聲而不知音者，

禽獸是也。

知音而不知樂者，

眾庶是也。

唯君子為能知樂。

是故審聲以知音，

審音以知樂，

審樂以知正，

而理道備矣。

此又音聲之異也。）

    Words

    聲  shēng OC: qjeŋ MC: ɕiɛŋ 36 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturetone (suprasegmental feature of Chinese syllables)
    • ncctone
    • nmusicsounds/tones made by musical instruments
    音  yīn OC: qrɯm MC: ʔim 8 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • n無音"the five tones": tone, tones
    清濁  qīng zhuó MC: tshjeng draewk OC: tsheŋ rdooɡLZ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabthe quality of a tone (the precise nature of the term continuing to be a matter of indecisive debate as far as one can see)LZ
    宮  gōng OC: kuŋ MC: kuŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nnote gōng
    徵  zhǐ OC: tɯʔ MC: ʈɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmusical note zhǐ
    清  qīng OC: tsheŋ MC: tshiɛŋ 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • nthe upper (six) "clear" notes (?)
    濁  zhuó MC: draewk OC: rdooɡCH 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • nthe lower "dirty" notes (?)CH
    去  qù OC: khas MC: khi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfalling tone
    商  shāng OC: qhjaŋ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ntone shāng

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: