| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 声 | 聲 | shēng | - sound - voice - tone - noise - classifier for sounds |
| 调 | 調 | diào | - to transfer - to move (troops or cadres) - to investigate - to enquire into - accent - view - argument - key (in music) - mode (music) - tune - tone - melody |
| 音 | 音 | yīn | - sound - noise - note (of musical scale) - tone - news - syllable - reading (phonetic value of a character) |
| 口气 | 口氣 | kǒuqì | - tone of voice - the way one speaks - manner of expression - tone |
| 乐音 | 樂音 | yuèyīn | - musical note - tone |
| 声气 | 聲氣 | shēngqì | - voice - tone |
| 声调 | 聲調 | shēngdiào | - tone - note - a tone (on a Chinese syllable) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 色调 | 色調 | sèdiào | - hue - tone |
| 话音 | 話音 | huàyīn | - one's speaking voice - tone - implication |
| 语气 | 語氣 | yǔqì | - tone - manner of speaking - mood - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 调门 | 調門 | diàomén | - melody - pitch or key (music) - tone - style - point of view |
| 音色 | 音色 | yīnsè | - tone - timbre - sound color |
| 音调 | 音調 | yīndiào | - pitch of voice (high or low) - pitch (of a musical note) - tone |
| 音质 | 音質 | yīnzhì | - tone - sound quality - timbre |
| 音高 | 音高 | yīngāo | - pitch (music) - tone |
| 挫 | 挫 | cuò | - obstructed - to fail - to oppress - to repress - to lower the tone - to bend back - to dampen |
| 上声 | 上聲 | shǎngshēng | - falling and rising tone - third tone in modern Mandarin |
| 主音 | 主音 | zhǔyīn | - keynote - principal tone - tonic - vowel |
| 二声 | 二聲 | èrshēng | - second tone |
| 仄声 | 仄聲 | zèshēng | - oblique tone - nonlevel tone - uneven tone (the third tone of classical Chinese) |
| 促声 | 促聲 | cùshēng | - same as 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1] - entering tone |
| 入声 | 入聲 | rùshēng | - entering tone - checked tone - one of the four tones of Middle Chinese |
| 去声 | 去聲 | qùshēng | - falling tone - fourth tone in modern Mandarin |
| 反切 | 反切 | fǎnqiè | - 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 |
| 口吻 | 口吻 | kǒuwěn | - tone of voice - connotation in intonation - accent (regional etc) - snout - muzzle - lips - protruding portion of an animal's face |
| 口锋 | 口鋒 | kǒufēng | - manner of speech - tone of voice |
| 口风 | 口風 | kǒufēng | - meaning behind the words - what sb really means to say - one's intentions as revealed in one's words - tone of speech |
| 同调 | 同調 | tóngdiào | - same tone - in agreement with - homology (invariant of a topological space in math.) |
| 哭腔 | 哭腔 | kūqiāng | - sobbing tone - sob - dirge - opera tune portraying mourning |
| 基音 | 基音 | jīyīn | - fundamental tone |
| 字调 | 字調 | zìdiào | - tone of a character |
| 定调 | 定調 | dìngdiào | - to set the tone |
| 平声 | 平聲 | píngshēng | - level or even tone - first and second tones in modern Mandarin |
| 情调 | 情調 | qíngdiào | - sentiment - tone and mood - taste |
| 暖调 | 暖調 | nuǎndiào | - warm tone - warm color |
| 笛膜 | 笛膜 | dímó | - membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone |
| 笔调 | 筆調 | bǐdiào | - (of writing) tone - style |
| 纯音 | 純音 | chúnyīn | - pure tone |
| 膜孔 | 膜孔 | mókǒng | - hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone |
| 话茬 | 話茬 | huàchá | - tone of voice - topic - subject under discussion |
| 调子 | 調子 | diàozi | - tune - melody - tuning - cadence - intonation - (speech) tone |
| 调号 | 調號 | diàohào | - tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) |
| 调头 | 調頭 | diàotou | - tone (of voice) - tune |
| 变调 | 變調 | biàndiào | - tone sandhi - modified tone - (music) to change key - modulation |
| 轻声 | 輕聲 | qīngshēng | - quietly - softly - neutral tone - light stress |
| 音痴 | 音痴 | yīnchī | - tone deaf |
| 韵调 | 韻調 | yùndiào | - rhyme and tone - intonation |
| 定调子 | 定調子 | dìngdiàozi | - to set the tone |
| 按键音 | 按鍵音 | ànjiànyīn | - keypad tone - key tone |
| 拨号音 | 撥號音 | bōhàoyīn | - dial tone |
| 第一声 | 第一聲 | dìyīshēng | - first tone in Mandarin - high level tone |
| 第三声 | 第三聲 | dìsānshēng | - third tone in Mandarin - falling-rising tone |
| 第二声 | 第二聲 | dìèrshēng | - second tone in Mandarin - rising tone |
| 第四声 | 第四聲 | dìsìshēng | - fourth tone in Mandarin - falling tone |
| 五音不全 | 五音不全 | wǔyīnbùquán | - tone deaf - unable to sing in tune |
| 反问语气 | 反問語氣 | fǎnwènyǔqì | - tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question |
| 声调轮廓 | 聲調輪廓 | shēngdiàolúnkuò | - tone contour |
| 连续变调 | 連續變調 | liánxùbiàndiào | - tone sandhi |
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