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仄声

zè shēng

2-character word Traditional 仄聲

What 仄声 means

oblique tone
nonlevel tone
uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)

The characters in 仄声

仄zèto tilt; narrow; uneasy
声shēngsound; voice; tone

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The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zè shēng correctly.
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