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声调

shēng diào

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 聲調 Measure word 个

声调 (shēng diào) means "tone (of a syllable)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 声调 means

1. tone
2. note
3. a tone (on a Chinese syllable)

The characters in 声调

• 声shēngsound; voice; tone
• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend

Example sentences

• 请把音乐声调小！
  Qǐng bǎ yīnyuè shēng tiáo xiǎo!
  Please turn down the music.
• 她声调突然变了。
  There was a sudden change in her tone.
• 汉语是一个声调语言。
  Hànyǔ shì yī gè shēngdiàoyǔyán.
  Chinese is a tonal language.
• 如果你是中国文化爱好者，或许可以读《古汉语声调的起源》这篇文章。
  If you are a China fan, maybe read the article "Origins of Tones in Old Chinese."

Words starting with 声调

• 声调语言shēng diào yǔ yántonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
• 声调轮廓shēng diào lún kuòtone contour

Sounds the same

Read shēng diào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 升调to promote to a higher post; (linguistics) rising intonation…

Where 声调 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Reading, Poetry & Sound (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shēng diào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.