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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *调* | 调* | *调
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *声* | 声* | *声
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone
HSK 7-9
to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
HSK 7-9
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded
oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
entering tone (synonym of 入聲|入声)
tone contour
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘞* | 嘞* | *嘞
sentence-final particle similar to , but carrying a tone of approval
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
the tone of a school / campus atmosphere
standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)
hue / tone
toner cartridge
pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
tone / sound quality / timbre
level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
to discuss in whispered tones / whispered conversation
music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, , and final and tone, 韻|韵, of a Chinese character / phoneme
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仄* | 仄* | *仄
to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)
toner (for a laser printer)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挫* | 挫* | *挫
obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
intonation / tone of voice / CL: 個|个
the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang")
falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin
to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
(telephony) ringback tone
to set the tone
toner (for a laser printer)
meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech
tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face
pitch (music) / tone
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喔* | 喔* | *喔
(Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc)
topic under discussion; direction or tone of the conversation
tone (of voice) / tune
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision
tone / timbre / sound color
pure tone
musical note / tone
(of writing) tone / style
ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord
short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice)
to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)
one's speaking voice / tone / implication
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) / (music) key signature
entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion
keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吕* | 吕* | *吕
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
pitch of tones
fundamental tone
a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement
whole tone (musical interval)
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
rhyme and tone / intonation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *音* | 音* | *音
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)
to have a tone mark
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
smell of gunpowder / (fig.) combative tone / belligerence
(music) tonality / (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style; image; tone; voice; character
sobbing tone / sob / dirge / opera tune portraying mourning
tone deaf
third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone
the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
(neologism c. 2013) (coll.) vertical groove visible on either side of the belly in a person with well-toned abs
falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin
tone deaf / unable to sing in tune
tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL: 個|个
toner (cosmetics)
to change the direction or tone of a conversation
skin toner
melody / pitch or key (music) / tone / style / point of view
fourth tone in Mandarin / falling tone
(computing) full pinyin (input method where the user types pinyin without tones, e.g. "shiqing" for 事情)
the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
second tone in Mandarin / rising tone
membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone
tone-arm (tracking arm of gramophone)
dial tone
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company
warm tone / warm color
skin toner
high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
tones of the musical scale
second tone
(Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)
whole tone (musical interval)
tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
manner of speech / tone of voice
same tone / in agreement with / homology (invariant of a topological space in math.)
ringback tone
tone of a character
to set the tone
toner cartridge

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