tone sandhi
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English[edit]
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Mandarin: 你好吗?我很好。
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (phonology) The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.
- The most frequent occurrence of tone sandhi in Mandarin Chinese occurs in the third tone.
Translations[edit]
change of tone
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