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Meaning of tone sandhi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.

uncountable

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Examples

“The most frequent occurrence of tone sandhi in Mandarin Chinese occurs in the third tone.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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