TONE    音調

SOUND at a DEFINED PITCH as PART of a MUSICAL SYSTEM.
Modern Chinese Criteria
音 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
See also
Hypernym
  • SOUND　WHAT CAN be HEARD. (anc: 10/0, child: 7)
  • HEAR　PERCEIVE SOUND. (anc: 9/0, child: 1)
  • PERCEIVE　BECOME AWARE of BECAUSE one INTERACTS WITH. (anc: 8/0, child: 7)

Words (9 items)

聲  shēng OC: qjeŋ MC: ɕiɛŋ 37 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 rdooɡ 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: rdooɡ 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